Day 033/366: My Record Player

Was this left in to show it is a record?

Yes, some people still have record players!

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kelly blue says:

hell ya!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Sharons_Web says:

Amazing Macro....Awesome capture of motion
Closer and Closer Macro Photography
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

The Suss-Man (way, way behind again) says:

Great shot!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Kate - Spirited Earth says:

I agree, great shot! I miss my vinyl!!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

peterastn says:

An Audio-Technica cartridge. Nice! Yes, vinyl is great sounding and totally valid! Nice shot too!!!

Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

I do remember this old vinyl discs, unfortunately, we never had one of those here at home.

The capture is interesting, although it is not impressive to me. Even so, I can appreciate the perspective and the creativity in the capture. You look like one of those persons who see good photos in the ordinary and small things.

I am not sure about the location of the elements, I just feel there is something missing in the capture. My eyes stayed on the right side of the photo, where the interesting things are, therefore there is a lot of frame unexplored here.

I feel the light could also be improved, in a different, perhaps lateral angle could create interesting textures on the disc. The focus also needs some work too. It seems a good deal of the "reader-head" is out of focus, just the needle is in perfect focus. I do not know if that was the intention, but I would have liked it better with all in focus. Part of the "reader-head" is overexposed.

Now, all been said. The photo does convey this feeling of living in the old times. What if you include a hand setting the "reader-head" on the surface of the disc? That, perhaps, could improve composition and convey a stronger sentiment.

Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

amitr0 says:

heeeey, it's been a while since i saw one of those in action. love it, makes me remember mine! it doesnt work any more though.

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Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Paul.McGee says:

I do like the detail of the needle. At what shutter speed did you capture this image? I like the look of the vinyl.

I used to DJ and I had a few 1000 of vinyl, until I recently sold them. You don't really realise how heavy they are until you have to carry them around.

I've added a note in regards to the bottom left hand corner of the image. Did you leave that bit in to show that the black is a record? If you did I can see your point of view however, I feel it slightly spoils the shot.

It would have been interesting to see just the needle and the vinyl and then change the image to B+W. The grooves in the vinyl and a good description would have informed the viewer what they were looking at.

Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

paulwatson says:

this is very nice i especially like the line on the record but maybe trying it in black and white may look cool.

Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

littlemily says:

So neat! I love it.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

lettertwelve says:

interesting capture

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Soulful Elements says:

This pic makes me wanna... get my DJ on!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

hopefoote says:

This pic makes me wanna... listen to my records. :) Yes, I have some too.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

.mushi_king says:

This pic makes me wanna... go home and listen to Radiohead In Raindows on vinyl. Nice capture. I still buy and listen to records (have about 700 I think). Love them - this picture stirs me.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

seanwilliamyee says:

This is a great picture. The colours reflected on the record work well with the cartridge. Thanks for making it a CC licensed picture. I used it in my blog post here:
www.keyofgrey.com/?p=38

Thanks much!
Sean
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

drtschulz says:

Hi, I'm the admin of a group called Plattenschrank.
I would be happy if you could add you photo.

Thx, TS

Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe Plattenschrank, und wir würden uns freuen, wenn Du dies zu unserer Gruppe hinzufügen würdest.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Chris28mm says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Art of Technology, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Jacqueline Clowting says:

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vinyl...aahhhh...where did the time go....
Love the movement
to bad you can see a shadow on the left
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

val_eya says:

Nice.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

paulsview2009 says:

oh yes we do ! nice one
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

sugarpacketchad says:

Very Nice!
Posted 9 days ago. ( permalink )

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