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Time was never running...Time was never money
Time was never running...Time was never money
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Challenge: Time (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-P51
Location: Dana Dormitory, Berea College, Berea, KY
Date: Mar 20, 2003
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Mar 20, 2003

I hung the clock on a wall in my dorm room using a cut ethernet cord from a laptop. I used by dark, dark blue curtain as a backdrop. I tied a cut coaxial cord around the neck of a 5ft tall floorlamp (40watt bulb) from the ceiling in order to keep it stationary while leaning and pointing at the clock (I needed as many free hands as possible for the one-man job). I wrote the word "irrelevant" on a piece of computer paper backwards so as to see it and be able to read it in a mirror when placed in front of a mirror. I tore the edges by hand for aesthetics. I held the paper at a 45 degree angle from the clock next to the rim of the clock. I then took the picture at a 40-35 degree angle from the wall aiming for the "irrelevant" in the face of the clock. I took several to find the right angle and position to avoid a flashspot on the clock. I took the picture to photoshop where, after tinkering with the brightness and applying one of the only legal filters (gaussian blur), it went from being just DSC00890 to being a picture I am satisfied to submit for my first entry on DPChallenge.

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 209
Avg (all users): 5.8808
Avg (commenters): 7.3571
Avg (participants): 5.9352
Avg (non-participants): 5.8118
Views since voting: 1258
Votes: 193
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)


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03/27/2003 02:26:35 PM
excellent idea! love the gold hues too. 9 out of 10
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03/27/2003 12:31:24 PM
Where is the word "irrellevant" coming from? If this was a reflection, it would have been backwards?
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03/26/2003 12:47:37 PM
whats the point of this picture
03/26/2003 08:52:27 AM
Another good reflection on a clock shot. Well done
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03/25/2003 05:56:47 PM
real cool; great concept; wonderful title
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03/25/2003 04:01:46 AM
lots of clock photos but this is bit more creative than others..
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03/25/2003 01:06:43 AM
Neat concept, very original and well done. I like the lighting, focus and colors.
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03/24/2003 10:44:06 PM
Very cool... Love the yellow and black contrast of this. Maybe should have straightened the clock so the 9 and 3 are more verticle but no big deal here. 8.
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03/24/2003 10:29:11 PM
funny, i agree.
03/24/2003 05:42:10 PM
I am probably a little dense, but it's going to take me a few minutes to figure out what this means. But it's a nice photo
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03/24/2003 05:07:58 PM
Interesting. The contrasting colors are wonderful. The black stuff that appears to be broken up inside the clock is a bit distracting. The "irrellevant" also appears to be running out of space at the end - not balanced on the face of the clock. .
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03/24/2003 03:34:58 PM
Kinda scary!
03/24/2003 02:59:55 PM
IMO, this would be a much stronger image without the 'irrelevant' reflection in the glass, but I do understand your theme here... - setzler
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03/24/2003 12:41:46 PM
Ouch! As I'm sure dozens of people are rushing to say, it's 'IRRELEVANT'! Apart from that, a nice pic but I'm not sure what it has to do with the title. 7.
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03/24/2003 11:25:05 AM
Amazing colors here, and the reflection is awesome - 10.
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03/24/2003 08:20:29 AM
Great idea, but even you had to be on time with submitting the photograph (joke). A good photograph. I like the colours and lighting and focus. Nice shot.
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03/24/2003 08:13:26 AM
Good shot... I like it a lot!
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03/24/2003 12:44:49 AM
I dunno if I'm the first, but there's sure to be many.. You spelled irrelevant wrong!
Great concept, but for the misspelling and the bad reflections in the clock I can only give a 4.


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