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DVD Garbage: Good Looking Uselessness
DVD Garbage: Good Looking Uselessness
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Challenge: Garbage II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: Vancouver BC Canada
Date: Nov 8, 2005
Aperture: 4
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Macro, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Nov 8, 2005

My objective with this competition was to take a picture of a piece of garbage and make it look valuable; in order to prove that not all garbage looks like garbage! My first thought was to use an old junk circuit board, but when I went to throw away this scratched DVD on my desk at work and the amazing colour rainbow caught my eye I knew I had found a better subject!

Little note here … the “DVD R +” on the edge of the DVD wasn’t viewable until I had taken the picture. Turns out you can’t see this marking unless you angle it perfectly!

-Cropped
-Darkened
-Intensified the blue to get the DVD marking to stand out a little bit more (not as much as I hoped for though

Statistics
Place: 170 out of 212
Avg (all users): 4.6145
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.4886
Avg (non-participants): 4.6782
Views since voting: 935
Views during voting: 408
Votes: 262
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/15/2005 10:31:33 PM
Too good looking, where are the flaws other than the title? A big scratch or "interesting" defect would have fit the assignment.
11/14/2005 09:33:23 PM
Not sure what this is...hmmmm
11/14/2005 12:19:32 PM
Very creative, but you can always use them as coasters! I do! :) Good luck.
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11/11/2005 02:16:05 PM
Good shot but I wouldn't have thought of garbage
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11/11/2005 08:46:27 AM
Loved this image. Nice rainbow effect. For me, thought, I do not see the connection to garbage. For the single light source challenge, I would give this one a 10, but as a garbage photo I have to bring it down to a 7
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11/10/2005 06:59:47 PM
it certainly is! lovely rainbow capture.
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11/09/2005 08:40:43 PM
Nice colours but I am not sure it clearly meets the challenge.
11/09/2005 05:41:23 PM
I think you have a nice shot, well done and interesting, but for me it simply doesn't work in this challenge and therefore I've given it a lower score.
11/09/2005 12:19:52 PM
A pity about this being an open challenge, the couple of blotches on the disk spoil the simplicity a bit.
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