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# Rear View Perspective
- URL: https://www.maxsidman.com/mirror-perspective/
- Published: 2019-06-03T02:54:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-29T20:40:04.000Z
- Description: Driving across Oakland not long ago, I saw pack of teenagers on bicycles getting on a freeway onramp in a tight cluster, popping wheelies, swerving through cars.
- Author: Max Sidman
- Tags: Photography

Driving across Oakland not long ago, I saw pack of teenagers — 35 or 40 kids — on bicycles getting on a freeway onramp in a tight cluster, popping wheelies, swerving through cars. Of course traffic behind them was a mess.

I opted to stay on the streets, avoiding the freeway all the way to the next exit. When I got there, the pack was getting off the freeway behind me as I pulled up to the offramp stoplight. I had my camera (the x100f) on me, but rather than crane my neck around and stick the camera and my head out the window — not stealthy, not smart — I leaned in and focused on my car’s sideview mirror as they went by.

I pressed the shutter button 20 times, and came away with these three. A few of these kids noticed me taking pictures — one of them threw the peace up as he went by my window, which I think framed the kid behind him in the mirror pretty nicely. Lucky break...

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![Ghetlin_Bikers-01.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/ghetlin_bikers-01.jpg)

![Ghetlin_Bikers-02.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/ghetlin_bikers-02.jpg)

![Ghetlin_Bikers-03.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/ghetlin_bikers-03.jpg)