My photos from WRC Rally Finland 2014
 

Hi, a couple months back I was in Sweden for WRC and this past weekend I went to Finland for the same reason.

Only editing done was a quick toss into Photoshop where I hit "Auto" for white balance and things like exposure and so on. I have no idea how to use Photoshop TBH but I think I'm getting the hang of this camera stuff.


A few select photos. The full collection of some 200 or so pictures can be found here:

https://secure.flickr.com/photos/851...7646187884042/

Andreas Mikkelsen on shakedown stage
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Mads Ostberg getting some air, shakedown stage
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The Finnish forests look like the Swedish ones, just without snow
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Kris Meeke had a great weekend, here he is on SS1 Lankamaa
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Haydon Paddon getting it around
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Already so dirty
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Next day we went to Special Stage Karakisto which is a transformed version of the very famous Ouninpoja stage (butchering the spelling).

Mikko Hirvonen is my favorite but he's lost all confidence after spending so many years behind Loeb....
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Very happy with how things turned out for Meeke, and this photograph
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So some background on this; when Juho Hanninen went by I took a peek at the shot I took and noticed he had lost his fender, and turned to everyone I was on the stage with and made a joke about it. Later on I was told he had lost his windshield so I went back, zoomed in, and sure enough I happened to have the shot.
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I was very drunk at Paijala stage so not too many came out great ;)
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Next day started at Jukojarvi where I was badly bitten by some red ants. My left leg is still sore...
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We were very close to the action. On that stage. At the next stage, Leustu, we were even closer....

Kubica
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Craig Breen

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Mikko taking aim at me
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Seb Ogier
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Hello Kris!
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Jari Matti Latvala
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Final stage for me was Surkee, we did not get to Ruuhimaki the next day because we went to Helsinki for a day.

Henning Solberg
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Latvala went on to win
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Thank you for looking!!!!!!
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Great pics! Hope u enjoyed Finland..

Loved it, atmosphere was great and the people are very welcoming. Helsinki was beautiful too I have pictures of my day there if anyone is interested in seeing.