On the Road in an Audi R8
Last week I posted a couple of 'sneak peek' images of the Audi R8 I had on loan from the Audi UK Press Office for a feature I was writing for the FIA World Endurance Championship website and the championship's official social media feeds.
This feature is now live HERE and so I can unveil the other images from the three days I had with the car.
The Audi R8 is a staggering machine but then, for nearly £100K, you would expect it to be. With a top speed of 188mph (not that I got to test that figure of course) and 0-60mph is 4.6 seconds the performance seriously impressive but it was the usability of the R8 as an everyday car was the best bit. This isn't a stripped out race car but a luxury Audi that could blow the socks off most other cars on the open road.
A very early start on Wednesday morning was nearly called off when heavy fog blanketed the East Lothian coast but a little voice at the back of my head told me to get up and get out to White Sands. My instinct proved to be correct when the fog cleared within 20 minutes of arriving at the car park over looking the beach but I still managed to get some moody images in the fog before it lifted.
Once the images at White Sands had been captured I moved the car to Barns Ness just up the coast to capture some images with the lighthouse in the background.
Next up was a trip back into Dunbar to get some shots down by the harbour. The fishing boats had left for the day and the harbour was fairly quiet at 7am so I was able to park the car on the quayside to capture some images with the harbour and the buildings as a backdrop.
A quick move down to East Beach, which is the only a short walk from the Dunbar High Street. There are some beautiful old fisherman cottages overlooking the beach and a quick stop secured another image for the collection.
Moving down to the car park at Belhaven Bay I was able to get some shots of the iconic 'Bridge to No Where' at high tide in the background. I also took the opportunity to take some detail shots of the car using the 60mm f2.4 macro, which is ideally suited to this sort of work.
The final location was on Thursday evening after a day of heavy rain. Again I headed up into the Lammermuir Hills, this time near to the Iron Age Hill Fort of White Castle. The rain had cleared away sufficiently to give a view across the hills to the Firth of Forth.
The three days I had the Audi R8 was brilliant as it is such a great car to drive. Yes it only has two seats and a 'boot', which is under the bonnet, that is tiny. But that's not the point of this car, it is a Grand Tourer (GT) of the highest order. You could drive this car from Scotland to the Cote d'Azur and arrive in style, feeling refreshed and without a hint of backache. Would I buy one - love to but for £100K it is a little out of my league - unless the lottery numbers come up tomorrow night.
All of the images here were taken on the Fujifilm X-T1 or X-Pro1 using the 14mm, 18mm, 35mm, 60mm and 55-200mm Fujinon lenses, which proves that you don't need a DSLR kit to take good car images.
The Audi R8 feature can be viewed on the FIA World Endurance Championship website HERE.
Further images from this photoshoot are below and also on the MacLean Photographic FLICKR gallery HERE.
Images taken in and around Dunbar, East Lothian
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