Alcatraz - Island of Broken Spirit
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Comment by strags:
Extremely tenuous link to the challenge.

Alcatraz - Island of Broken Spirit
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Comment by scottwilson:
I find the background fairly distracting in this photo. Perhaps if the photo was taken from a different vantage point to avoid the busy background?

Alcatraz - Island of Broken Spirit
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Comment by efren:
crop off the bottom. too much water

Alcatraz - Island of Broken Spirit
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Comment by Rankles:
That's so good, really excellent shot yet it relies too much on the title and I'm afraid it doesn't fit the challenge without it... sorry.

'Let your fingers do the walking'
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Comment by Sweetlips:
How'd you do that? Very nice!

'Let your fingers do the walking'
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Comment by Mark of SRQ:
Nice job. People who don't live in the United States might not get this. Unless they used this ad campaign all over the world. I don't know

'Let your fingers do the walking'
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Comment by soccerdad:
Clever take on a common subject. Hope your comments detail how this was done. 9 from me, mostly for originality.

'Let your fingers do the walking'
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Comment by shiva5381:
good idea. nicely taken picture

974 Special (circa 1931)
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Comment by snackwells:
Thanks for your votes, everyone. I agree this is old, and I consider this low tech in the sense that the pocketwatch is nowadays superceded by the wristwatch, and the mechanical movement used in this watch, the lever escapement, has long since been superceded by the quartz and more recently the atomic movement.

To those who believe this to be high tech...I can certainly understand your point of view. The basic concepts behind the workings of mechanical movements have not changed much since the introduction of the lever escapement. It's used to this very day.

I was simply trying to portray the fact that pocketwatches are considered 'quaint' and the mechanical movement has been trumped by both quartz and atomic timepieces for accuracy in timekeeping.

'Let your fingers do the walking'
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Comment by mycelium:
interesting use of a lengthy exposure.