Up the Seesaw
File: 2023009-0017
Land Rover Owner International Show 2023 at Belvoir Castle, near Grantham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Saturday 9th September 2023.
About the photograph.
This is a heavily modified Land Rover Defender which had been modified for extreme off-roading, and is seen in the photo taking part in a live action show at a Land Rover show.
I have no idea who the driver is, as I did not buy a programme, so I can’t look up for information.
Note the anti-roll bars over most parts of the car, a bullbar on the front, the rugged looking tyres (tires) including the spare on the back, the heavy modified suspension all of which are part of the modifications.
This was happening during a live action shot, where many drivers of various heavy modified Land Rover models, mostly the Defender models, showcased the car’s capabilities of handling an artificial rough ground.
Here, this 4x4 is seen going up a kind of seesaw. What it would do is slowly drive up until about halfway, when the seesaw beam would balance itself, and the car would slowly move forwards until the other end drops, so it would then drive off.
The weather was very hot, even thought it was September, it was as hot as a July weather, and there was a lot of heat haze, which would need a lot of dehazing setting, but I thought to convert it into black and white for a dramatic feel to it.
About the day.
In the early morning, I woke up, got ready, and took a three hour drive to Belvoir Castle, but that morning was already very warm, with a cloudless sky and the sun beating down on the land.
By the time I got there, I was already feeling very hot. I wore light coloured t-shirt, lightweight trousers, and a lot of sun cream, plus plenty of water.
Sadly, after about a couple of hours, I became a bit overheated in the burning sky, there weren’t much shades around, and it was kind of a heatwave of some sort.
So I had to give up, and return home to avoid getting a heat stroke, I only took like about 400 shots, and that was all I could manage.
When I got home, I had to have a cool down and a rest, and thankfully managed to stay well.
Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
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Up the Seesaw
File: 2023009-0017
Land Rover Owner International Show 2023 at Belvoir Castle, near Grantham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Saturday 9th September 2023.
About the photograph.
This is a heavily modified Land Rover Defender which had been modified for extreme off-roading, and is seen in the photo taking part in a live action show at a Land Rover show.
I have no idea who the driver is, as I did not buy a programme, so I can’t look up for information.
Note the anti-roll bars over most parts of the car, a bullbar on the front, the rugged looking tyres (tires) including the spare on the back, the heavy modified suspension all of which are part of the modifications.
This was happening during a live action shot, where many drivers of various heavy modified Land Rover models, mostly the Defender models, showcased the car’s capabilities of handling an artificial rough ground.
Here, this 4x4 is seen going up a kind of seesaw. What it would do is slowly drive up until about halfway, when the seesaw beam would balance itself, and the car would slowly move forwards until the other end drops, so it would then drive off.
The weather was very hot, even thought it was September, it was as hot as a July weather, and there was a lot of heat haze, which would need a lot of dehazing setting, but I thought to convert it into black and white for a dramatic feel to it.
About the day.
In the early morning, I woke up, got ready, and took a three hour drive to Belvoir Castle, but that morning was already very warm, with a cloudless sky and the sun beating down on the land.
By the time I got there, I was already feeling very hot. I wore light coloured t-shirt, lightweight trousers, and a lot of sun cream, plus plenty of water.
Sadly, after about a couple of hours, I became a bit overheated in the burning sky, there weren’t much shades around, and it was kind of a heatwave of some sort.
So I had to give up, and return home to avoid getting a heat stroke, I only took like about 400 shots, and that was all I could manage.
When I got home, I had to have a cool down and a rest, and thankfully managed to stay well.
Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
You are welcome to comment on my photographs, but only about the photographs, or the subject in the photographs, or your similar experience. The comment boxes are NOT adverting spaces or billboards for the groups. Comments with clickable links to groups are considered as clickbait spam and therefore will be deleted.