Vauxhall BX Roadster

(Olympus E-3, 14-54mm at 42mm (2x crop factor), ISO 100, exposure 1/100 sec @ f/5.6)

This is a processed digital photograph of a 1934 Vauxhall BX Roadster. The car was part of "The GM Century" auto show held at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan. In the past I had passed this image by because of the background, the reflections on the bumper and other elements that I thought distracted from the car itself. Still, I liked the composition and so today I played around with it a little bit to see if I could get a finished image that I liked. I initially thought of trying to black out the grass and background, but that seemed like too much work. I decided to try my ‘cutout’ technique, combined with a conversion to sepia and I like how it came out.

For comparison purposes, here is what the original image looks like:

Comments and feedback welcome.

Image and text Copyright © 2008 James W. Howe – All rights reserved

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