Day 249 of 366 - The Need for Speed!

Today's photo was taken this morning at the Coventry Transport Museum. The view is a close up Macro style shot of the Rolls-Royce Avon engine that powered the record breaking Trust 2. Designed by John Akroyd and Driven by Richard Noble the car went on to break the Land Speed record at 633.468 mph on 4th October 1983. Thrust 2 held the Land Speed record until 15th October 1997 when it was surpassed by Thrust SSC which was designed in part by Richard Noble and Driven by Squadron Leader Andy Green.

The photo was taken using the app Camera Awesome on my iPhone 6.

First I used the app Snapseed to edit the picture. I cropped the image and applied the Tonal Contrast preset. I then used the selective edit feature to boost the Brightness, Contrast and Saturation of the engine turbine. I also used the Lens Blur feature to help highlight the engine and blur out the background. Finally I used PhotoToaster to add the Clarify preset and a medium Dark Vignette. I then added the Stacked frame.