OBJECTS IN MIRROR . . .

[Dennis Bishop]

More than a month ago, we headed off on a road trip to Florida with stops on the way back in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The schedule on the trip down didn't permit any stops for photography, but that didn't stop me from taking photos. With a 2X telephoto auxiliary lens on my smartphone, I took some shots through the windshield and a lot out the side window including the side view mirror. This one was near Adairsville, Georgia, while southbound on I-75.





iPhone 5s, IPro 2X telephoto lens, PureShot camera app, ISO 40, f/2.2, 1/640 second, saved in tif format

processing highlights

• At freeway speeds, HDRs aren't an option. Three additional exposures were made with the Exposure slider in Adobe Camera Raw, and the four (at 1 EV increments) were processed in Nik HDR Efex.
• Topaz Simplify -- saved watercolor preset, masked
• Alien Skin Snap Art -- saved watercolor wash preset, Hard Light blend mode
• two Belle Fleur textures -- Luminosity and Linear Burn blend modes, masked to background
• two Fractalius layers -- black & white presets, Multiply, one masked to background, the other to the mirror & housing
• Snap Art -- black & white Line Art preset, Multiply
• Simplify -- saved black & white edges preset, Multiply
• Topaz Lens Effects -- zoom preset, Darkened blend mode, masked to background
• Red Giant Knoll Light Factory -- Lighter Color, masked to background
• Belle Fleur texture -- Linear Light, masked to background
• Belle Fleur texture -- Soft Light, masked to background above guard rail

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I really like the zoom, you can feel the speed! Wonderful reflection in the mirror of the flag, and well processed (as usual). The composition makes my eye go all over the frame! Nicely done Dennis.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Nicely framed and processed Dennis...I love it!

[Kerry Perkins]

Really nice tour de force from you Dennis! I love everything about it and I think my favorite thing is the use of color. Very nice.

[gary ellwein]

Most creative Dennis. I like the sense of speed induced by the radiating lines.

[Paul Lagasi]

Very creative image, love the colors and how sharp the lettering on the mirror and the truck....If you come to Canada, don't try this...the fine is $378 for having your phone in your hand while driving.....

[Dennis Bishop]

. . . If you come to Canada, don't try this...the fine is $378 for having your phone in your hand while driving.....

In case anyone in law enforcement is monitoring comments, here, I want to state that I wasn't the driver when this was taken.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Great image, Dennis with perfect execution