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Cold War Mentality
Cold War Mentality
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Challenge: Obsolete (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Lens: Pentax FA 35-80mm f/4.0-5.6 AF
Location: home
Date: Jun 26, 2005
Aperture: f22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1 sec.
Galleries: Emotive, Political
Date Uploaded: Jun 26, 2005

 I had a lot of fun with this one. Don't know how this will score. The paper is one saved from my childhood, and is covering the showdown that led to the Berlin Airlift and ultimately the cold war.

The gun is real - a Belgum something-or-other, given to my mom by her dad when she moved to the big city (atlanta) for her personal protection. I included it to symbolize the danger of the times.

The watch was my grandfather's. I set the time to 11:59, to symbolize how close mankind came to ending itself in a nuclear fury during the cold war.

I have no idea if this will do well, but I can say I enjoyed thinking it through and shooting it.

Oh yes, the scotch? I like scotch.

Statistics
Place: 201 out of 453
Avg (all users): 5.0365
Avg (commenters): 5.1667
Avg (participants): 5.0592
Avg (non-participants): 5.0082
Views since voting: 1003
Views during voting: 348
Votes: 274
Comments: 7
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sony DSC-F717
 07/05/2005 08:26:25 PM
Nice still life!
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
 07/03/2005 01:46:51 PM
nice staging and good composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/02/2005 01:47:04 AM
Focus is a bit off.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Raynox Pro Digital 0.66X Wide Angle Conversion
 07/01/2005 04:55:06 PM
Nice composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 for Canon
 06/30/2005 07:55:06 PM
This really looks like it belongs on the cover of an old spy novel about WWII, if not for the headlines on the newspaper. For some reason, I am reminded of the novel; "Heart of the matter", although that could be the glass and the content of it.
The composition and symmetry of the image is very well arranged, although I don't want to know where you got hold of a pistol (even if it looks somewhat fake, I am sure it is only the lighting ... plastic would have been more glossy) this is a very good image.
Keep up the good work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM
 06/29/2005 01:40:16 PM
Awesome idea! Very original. I like the "old fashoned" feel the lighting gives. One of my favs.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Kodak CX7430
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 06/29/2005 11:03:36 AM
Wow, very nice shot!
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