Interesting effect, sorry your cat is blind. I had a 20 yr. old cat simalar to this one. I scored you low because of the harsh light, (I'm guessing direct flash), really blows out the fur on the bridge of the nose and the subject doesn't pop for me.
While I understand that the challenge is to "Take a picture of something that has outlived its usefulness. It could be old technology, broken, discarded, outgrown, forgotten - anything. Exception: people (alive or dead) are not to be the main subject.", I am not really captured by this shot. The left eye (right eye of the cat), while obviously manipulated to augment or simulate blindness, still doesn't (IMHO) convey a strong sense of obselescence.
The photo overall is also overexposed and too close to the subject to be a powerful close-up and too far from the subject to be a good macro. I think I understand what you were trying to convey - blindness of a cat and the physical and visible implications of the lack of sight, but I just don't think you achieved it in this particular image.
I do think that the idea is really cool and a unique take on an overly saturated topic of wheels, trains, typewriters, floppy disks, LPs, cassettes, 8 tracks, cars, and abandoned buildings, but the idea isn't enough if the actual content doesn't convey what you're trying to present. I'm really disappointed that I couldn't vote this higher due to the quality of the photo - as opposed to not meeting the challenge. You've spent a lot of thought on the topic - that much is clear, but unfortunately, it didn't translate to a uniquely superior image. 2
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