With a little patience, and some creative angling I found myself able to recreate a hypothetical scene from an earlier time and era. The building behind the car hosted 20 children getting a group photo before the parade began. There were also some random people walking the sidewalk and lingering where I did not want them in my frame. To remove the crowd I knelt down low, and carefully watched the viewfinder for the stranglers to leave the frame. More than once I had to relax, dip the camera down and practice some patience.

In an age where some magic filters can re-create a scene or eliminate lots of unwanted distractions, it felt good to get it 90% of the way I wanted it as shot. I chose a black and white version to make it feel even more like the period it was to represent.

-ehw

P.S. This is my father’s Buttercup attending the Cherry Blossom Parade with the DC Area Ford Model A club. It was a fun day to drive around the A way!