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[1983] CDs go on sale - [1988] CDs now outsell vinyl records
[1983] CDs go on sale - [1988] CDs now outsell vinyl records
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: The 80s (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 24-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Canon
Location: living room
Date: Feb 19, 2006
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/8s
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Feb 19, 2006

hi all, it's a stack of cd's :-) with backlight !
it took only 5 years for vinyl to go to history ...

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Camera
Make Canon
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
X resolution Infinity
Y resolution Infinity
Date/time
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Image description
Artist
Copyright
Exposure time 1/8 s
F-number f/5.6
Exposure program Aperture priority
ISO speed ratings ISO 1600
Date/time original 19.2.2006 23:18:23
Date/time digitized 19.2.2006 23:18:23
Shutter speed value 1/8 s
Aperture value f/5.6
Exposure bias value 1.00 eV
Metering mode Pattern
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Focal length 70 mm
User comment
Pixel X dimension 3456
Pixel Y dimension 2304
Focal plane X res. 3456000/874
Focal plane Y res. 2304000/582
Focal plane res. unit inch
Custom Rendered Normal process
Exposure mode Auto exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Scene capture type Standard

postprocessing:
[in raw shooter premium 2006]
cropped square 1491 px x1491 px
color temp to the left 2200
tint left -70
exp. compensation -1.50
shadow contrast +11
highlight contrast +9
curve contrast very small +
vibrance -1

[in photoshop cs2]
added border +110
sharpen
saved for web Q:82 optimized

Statistics
Place: 95 out of 101
Avg (all users): 4.4917
Avg (commenters): 4.6250
Avg (participants): 4.2364
Avg (non-participants): 4.5676
Views since voting: 3920
Views during voting: 384
Votes: 240
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)


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03/01/2006 06:24:39 PM
from the back room of the Critique Club

Are you saying that that's only backlight? I'm amazed, if so. Your numbers are a bit strange - is this really at ISO 1600? At 1/8th second you're lucky to get such sharpness - and if you were using a tripod or any steadying device, then why shoot at that sensitivity? Especially whne you haven't made a feature of the noise that that produces in the image. I'm slightly confused by that, I must say.

There isn't really all that much to this shot. I suppose it might, at a push, be said to have a certain brash shiny quality that one might associate with the 80's - but then, as with all these 'period' challenges, the inevitable winners are simply retro fashion shots. So, more power to you for the imagination (though I would also put CD's into a 90's box much more readily than 80's).

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/26/2006 01:16:02 PM
I'm not sure you got your history right unless you are talking Japan... In the US in 1990 only 28% of homes had a cd in them... As far as your shot goes, I know what you are trying to do, but this doesn't go over all that well. It's kind of boring and without your title, I wouldn't even know what it was...
TC
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02/25/2006 11:49:30 AM
Hm.. I like the abstract nature of this, but I probably wouldn't have guessed they were CDs without the title. Its a very simple image but the coloring with the darkness to the left and the border give it a nice impact. I even like the muted feel of the neon-ish color. In the challenge vein, its impact is a bit lessened, but on its own as an abstract picture I do love it. No idea why there's a difference, but there is! I gave a 6.
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02/23/2006 11:25:03 PM
a nice abstract
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02/21/2006 11:21:17 PM
what i find very interesting is that if you hadn't told me that was a stack of cds, i never would have guessed it.
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02/20/2006 12:59:06 PM
it seems like a title only to me
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02/20/2006 09:48:30 AM
without the title I don't know what it is....nice colors though
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02/20/2006 01:49:22 AM
nice as an abstract, but without your title, wouldn't know what this is
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02/20/2006 12:24:00 AM
Good idea but too abstract for the challenge, and w/o reading the title I would have no clue what it is. - 5
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