Earlier this week, as you'll know if you follow me on Facebook, one of the hard drives in my NAS device failed. Rather than chuck it away, I thought I'd see if I could dismantle it, which proved to be a difficult task as I don't have any star shaped screwdrivers. After struggling with it for twenty minutes, and breaking one of my small screwdrivers, I finally managed to get the cover off so thought I'd take a few shots.
This is the first of three, all toned in the same way, and is probably my least favourite of the set. That said, I sent them to my good friend Craig this afternoon and this one was his favourite. What does he know? ;-)
As always, let me know what you think.
captured camera lens aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO flash image quality RAW converter image editor plugins (etc) cropped?
comment byGarry at 03:17 PM (GMT) on 6 September, 2011
At first glance I thought it was a new building in Dubai... :)
comment bydjn1 at 03:26 PM (GMT) on 6 September, 2011
The Seagate Tower :)
comment byChris Wray at 06:20 PM (GMT) on 6 September, 2011
... and there's me thinking you'd been inspired by the gallery I sent you last week :-)
comment byCarlos Garcia at 07:36 PM (GMT) on 6 September, 2011
Sweet! Looks like something Darth Vader would use.
comment byDebbie Hartmann at 09:04 PM (GMT) on 6 September, 2011
I have taken a lot of harddrives apart for fun and as u foundd out it is not easy! But once inside you are rewarded with very shiny stuff... I love how you captured it here and look forward to seeing the other two. By the way... there is a powerful earth magnet inside of the drive.... have u discovered it yet?
comment by Justin Photis at 08:01 AM (GMT) on 7 September, 2011
Looks like some future medical device. :) Nice toning on the shot. The original looks quite dark , was it under exposed ?
comment by Rick at 07:33 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2011
Why did you flip it from what you originally posted?
comment bydjn1 at 07:38 PM (GMT) on 7 September, 2011
Justin: yes, it was underexposed, but more by accident than design.
Rick: because I thought it worked better this way round, i.e. you see the sharp detail, before the blurred section. Would you prefer it the other way round?
Earlier this week, as you'll know if you follow me on Facebook, one of the hard drives in my NAS device failed. Rather than chuck it away, I thought I'd see if I could dismantle it, which proved to be a difficult task as I don't have any star shaped screwdrivers. After struggling with it for twenty minutes, and breaking one of my small screwdrivers, I finally managed to get the cover off so thought I'd take a few shots.
This is the first of three, all toned in the same way, and is probably my least favourite of the set. That said, I sent them to my good friend Craig this afternoon and this one was his favourite. What does he know? ;-)
As always, let me know what you think.
camera
lens
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
image editor
plugins (etc)
cropped?
Canon 5D Mark II
EF 100mm f/2.8 macro USM
f/4.0
1/8
aperture priority
0.0
evaluative
100
no
RAW
Camera Raw
Photoshop CS5
none
no
At first glance I thought it was a new building in Dubai... :)
The Seagate Tower :)
... and there's me thinking you'd been inspired by the gallery I sent you last week :-)
Sweet! Looks like something Darth Vader would use.
I have taken a lot of harddrives apart for fun and as u foundd out it is not easy! But once inside you are rewarded with very shiny stuff... I love how you captured it here and look forward to seeing the other two. By the way... there is a powerful earth magnet inside of the drive.... have u discovered it yet?
Looks like some future medical device. :) Nice toning on the shot. The original looks quite dark , was it under exposed ?
Why did you flip it from what you originally posted?
Justin: yes, it was underexposed, but more by accident than design.
Rick: because I thought it worked better this way round, i.e. you see the sharp detail, before the blurred section. Would you prefer it the other way round?