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Dead Time

by Howard Cheek

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted May 30, 201597 views5 comments

"Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life." (William Faulkner)
 F/22, ISO 250, 5DM2, 13 second exposure using side tungsten lamp light on my desk, with a white card behind.

Sigma EM-140 DG ringflash for fill in front. (Skeleton watch)

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on May 30, 2015 at 11:55 AM

"Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life." (William Faulkner)

 

Howard, a cool idea here well executed too. A neat take....laugh

btw: "Even a broke clock is right twice a day"........sad

Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on May 30, 2015 at 7:07 PM

Very original - somehow it makes me think of 1930's Art Deco. I wonder why you see a sharp minute hand, and then another much fainter and later one? Why not the hand blurred over the 13 seconds? I guess that digital watch minute hands also move in jerks, as the seconds hand? I never thought of this before....

Registered on December 2, 2014, 278 Posts, 1736 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 30, 2015 at 7:17 PM

Thanx for commenting Alberto.

I pulled the stem of this automatic watch, stopping the movement. Except for the faint second hand you see that moved back & forth slightly during the 13 second exposure..

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on May 30, 2015 at 7:40 PM

OK, so the faint hand is the second hand, and the sharp one the minute? And I should have noticed that it is not a digital watch, but one never knows whether an electronic drive may be hiding under all of those wheelscool

Registered on December 2, 2014, 278 Posts, 1736 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Ramy on June 3, 2015 at 1:40 PM

Hey Howard,
This was 'Time Well Wasted' with amazing results. Nicely planned and executed with some sweet colors and detail.
laugh Man !

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments