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Death of Obsolescence
Death of Obsolescence
cutlassdude70


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Progress (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Lightbox in Friend's Bedroom - Bloomington, CA
Date: Jul 8, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/15 sec
Galleries: Advertisement, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Jul 10, 2006

 I had numerous ideas for the "Progress" theme, but not enough time in a weekend to set them all up. :) Therefore I decided to debut my lightbox with this shot. I only used one of the lights, so my iPod Nano would cast a shadow onto the cassette. I originally intended to have the headphone coming out of the iPod and wrapping around the cassette, but the fact that the headphone jack is on the bottom of the iPod prevented me from doing so. So I thought it would be just as effective to show the earbuds in the foreground and the other end of the headphone cord strangling the cassette and "stabbing" it with the headphone plug. :D

Statistics
Place: 42 out of 152
Avg (all users): 5.7865
Avg (commenters): 7.4286
Avg (participants): 5.6557
Avg (non-participants): 5.8252
Views since voting: 971
Views during voting: 396
Votes: 267
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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 07/19/2006 04:59:53 AM
I really liked this, sorry to see it did not do better :-(
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/18/2006 07:56:50 PM
Wonderful fit to challenge...one of my tops.
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 07/18/2006 02:47:30 PM
Ooh.. better than the other iPod photo I saw on here. In fact, one of the best of the whole challenge. Great setup and composition. Love the sharpness on the subject and the DOF. And good tone too.
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 07/18/2006 12:28:23 PM
Good idea and well performed frame.
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 07/18/2006 08:07:18 AM
Well done, nice tones, nice... well done!
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 07/18/2006 07:58:31 AM
very, very cool! 9!
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 07/18/2006 01:37:04 AM
great studio work, lighting is excellent and like how the shadow of the ipod falls right onto the cassette
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 07/17/2006 09:50:12 AM
I'll score higher, if I can have it. LOL. Good execution, meets the challenge, lacks creativity, but not enough to take away a point. Depth is nice, the colors work, the border is splendid, and your lighting is fabulous. This photo should walk into the top 15% no problem. GL.
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 07/17/2006 08:50:50 AM
Great tonal range, this could easily be an advertisement!
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 07/15/2006 02:35:19 PM
To staged for my liking however the selective focusing is nice.
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 07/14/2006 08:11:46 PM
I like the placement of the ipod and the earbuds; the shadow falling on the "old" technology is good, too. Only thing I can't figure is why the cassette is wrapped in cord. If it's to symbolize being "strangled" by the progressive technology, it would be more effective if the cord were visibly attached to the earbuds or the newer device.
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 07/14/2006 01:41:31 PM
I like the focus and the way that the mp3 player towers obelisk-like over the tape. And I can relate to it, my tapes are consigned to obscurity :)
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 07/13/2006 06:58:08 PM
So true
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 07/13/2006 05:43:29 AM
Title makes no sense as ipod's will most certainly become obsolete same as casettes, but nontheless a very nice shot.
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 07/13/2006 03:47:53 AM
very good...great lighting and composition
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 07/13/2006 01:14:45 AM
good idea for old/blurry and modern/sharp
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 07/12/2006 04:41:49 PM
True...Very True!
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 07/12/2006 02:59:31 PM
chiche idea.. but.. i like how you did it
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 07/12/2006 01:43:37 PM
true. i remember those days!!
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 07/12/2006 01:22:56 PM
The tape OOF is good but the top of the ipod is also OOF which is a shame. Nice composition.
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