January's image was taken in Poole, Dorset, following days of heavy rain.
This is a classic case of 'The Camera ALWAYS lies!'
What seems like a straight 'from the camera' image at first actually involved an awful lot of Photoshop work.
To achieve the symmetrical water splashes on both sides, I split the image down the middle, and flipped in horizontally.
I then masked the newly flipped half, allowing me to paint back in the original image beneath...
Without this, Clare, the steering wheel and the tax disc would have appeared twice.
I then added some dodge and burn to brighten the car a little, and drop the road tone.
Finally - I downloaded the 'UK Reg' font from a google search, and applied my very own Westy Photo number plate.
In my opinion the photoshop work should not be obvious - Hopefully this is the case here.
Until next month...
