One of my first :)

Dano · 29 Jun 2007 at 20:22

Had an old system that somebody wanted the drive destroyed in, thought I'd grab a quick picture before I did the deed...

One of my first shots with my Fuji S9600.

The Bear · 29 Jun 2007 at 20:28

Dano said:
Had an old system that somebody wanted the drive destroyed in, thought I'd grab a quick picture before I did the deed...

One of my first shots with my Fuji S9600.

Nice photo Dano, i really like the lighting in it. the Fuji S9600 isn't a DSLR is it?

Raikiri · 29 Jun 2007 at 20:30

The Bear said:
Nice photo Dano, i really like the lighting in it. the Fuji S9600 isn't a DSLR is it?

Nope, it's a bridge camera.

Quite like that Dano, fairly interesting subject

J1234 · 29 Jun 2007 at 20:34

Nice shot, nice to see something a bit different than usual

TheAlex · 29 Jun 2007 at 20:37

Nice action.

Dano · 29 Jun 2007 at 20:50

They sure are shiney those platters

Thanks for the comments all

NorthstaNder · 29 Jun 2007 at 21:54

Nice shots and nice camera too. The 9600 is a great camera. I wish I'd had enough for one, but my 6500 isn't half bad

Scuzi · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:21

Great idea but the lamp shade reflection detracts from it IMO. If you changed the lighting slightly, something with less of a reflection I reckon this could make an awesome shot.

Also, try to play with the white balance for some interesting effects. Drop the temperature right down for a blue tint, it will look good with that too.

Raikiri · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:34

Scuzi said:
Also, try to play with the white balance for some interesting effects. Drop the temperature right down for a blue tint, it will look good with that too.

You're right, makes it look more 'mechanical'/colder...

Kristoph · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:40

I'd prefer the first shot, without the lamp, same angle but keep the same lighting / colours. The last one doesn't look or feel right in the way it looks, the dust and positioning doesn't make it as pleasing to look at.

Scuzi · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:43

Raikiri said:
You're right, makes it look more 'mechanical'/colder...

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Yeah, try an even stronger blue tint and an increase in contrast, I reckon it would look well. Something like this:

Dano · 30 Jun 2007 at 00:38

In all honesty I didn't take much notice of the lighting atthe time, that part of the workshop is only lit by that one old lamp and I just threw the drive under it to cast some light on the subject but certainly if I was attempting to re-do the shot I would go for something far less obvious, not to mention at the very least removing the clip on lamp with the dead bulb from the picture

I did nothing to the picture other than auto-levels which only adjusted things in a very minor way, I'll play with some editing later on

wez130 · 30 Jun 2007 at 10:22

i like no.1,i took some a couple of years back, exactly how scuzi is explaining, if you don't mind, i'll post a couple to show you

themask70 · 30 Jun 2007 at 11:19

I think all thwe shots you posted look great, it's a really interesting and different thing to photograph, and the lighting on them looks great as well.

I think my favourite one is probably the first one, looks almost like a catalog picture. I think the only thing I might try to do would be to get rid of the reflection of your lamp shade