Star Gazing

Stayed up tonight to try and catch a glimpse of the Perseid meteor shower.

Although i didnt capture any in photos i saw some amazing strikes. One went right across the sky, the streak lasting for atleast 5 seconds!

Here a shot of Ellie my sister star gazing

Sounds of the 60s!

A quick clip recorded on my phone from the Silverstone pitwall today!

Turn it up!

Silverstone Classic - Friday

A step back in time for this one at the 2010 Silverstone classic, "The worlds biggest classic racing festival."

Hundreds of priceless racing cars from the 50s,60s,70s and 80s took to the GP circuit with a packed timetable of races and events.

Great sounds and sights of the past, some famous names and plenty of old school sideways racing!

Silverstone isn’t the friendliest circuit for the wrong side of the fence amateur, but here are some of my shots i picked from Friday. Enjoy!

Moment of the day, the blonde's cheeky look over when posing with Sir Stirling Moss! I'm declaring it was at me!

Looking forward to more tomorrow...

Downpour!

Rain is the theme for today.

Just had a traditional British summer downpour outside!

Flash flooding within minutes, you have to love the British weather.

Grabbed the camera to see what i could get.....

Hope we don't get a repeat tomorrow as im off to Silverstone!

RIAT 2010

Saturday 17th July - Fairford Airbase

Once more those men and their flying machines returned to the skies above Fairford.

Always a spectacular show and a great photo opportunity!

The 2010 show was no exception with show highlights including the Battle of Britain memorial flypast and the absolutley awesome USAF F22 Raptor!

More can be seen on my website:

http://tombanksphotography.co.uk/#/planes-riat-2010/4542503189

Quinton Stages 2010 - Hot and dusty Welsh action

This Saturday just gone the forests around epynt once more were brought to life with the sound of rally cars. Round 6 of the BTRDA rally championship, the Quinton stages brought some 90 crews to the stages many in the 1400 class.

The rally was won by Steve Perez in his Focus WRC after early contender Andy Burton retired thePeugeot Cosworth. The 1400s were won by Matt Edwards finishing a brilliant 11th overall in a MG ZR

This was my first rally back on British soil and in the forests after Canada. Hot and dusty action in Wales!

Summer in the Garden

Its a lovely hot sunny day in Oxfordshire today.

A quick five minute tour of the my parents garden brought these images:

All shot with 50mm prime @ F1.8