{"id":4273,"date":"2015-05-02T19:02:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T09:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richardmcgibbon.com\/news\/?p=4273"},"modified":"2016-03-12T10:58:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T00:58:05","slug":"shimano-gp-at-awaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richardmcgibbon.com\/news\/shimano-gp-at-awaba\/","title":{"rendered":"Shimano GP at Awaba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, back when it wasn&#8217;t raining, I was up at Awaba with Outer Image shooting round 2 of the Shimano GP. Awaba for me is a funny track. I have shot there quite a few times but never seem to remember the locations or the layout of the track. I think that is mainly because I have only shot close to base camp before. This time for a change I decided to head out a bit further and just follow the track back in. I found a lot of cool locations, all rainforest type stuff. I did struggle a bit balancing the light out as it was just so dark in some of the locations and the sky when it came through the trees was so very bright. I found my self looking for shots where the sky wouldn&#8217;t show.<\/p>\n<p>Love the track though and love the event. It&#8217;s another track on my list of places to visit outside of a race meet. I have also been told that I need to go up and shoot the downhill track as I have not yet had the chance to do so. 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Awaba for me is a funny track. I have shot there quite a few times but never seem to remember the locations or the layout of the track. 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