When I read the title of this challenge, the first thing that I associated with the concept of time was “clock”. Moreover, I think most DPCers did the same. Photographing a clock seemed to me so commonplace. So I thought of an evolution of the concept of time over the time. I thought of joining an hourglass with a clock but I was confused on how to make my point. Looking for a little over the internet and various books I found some photos that I liked but didn’t satisfy me completely. At the end I took inspiration from what I liked and I worked it out in my mind. The picture I had in mind is the one I made. I am very happy and proud to have succeeded, regardless of the vote that will receive the photo.
The implementation wasn’t very complicated: I melt an old clock made of plastic, heating it in the middle and bottom. Then I glued a bit of sand in the bottom. I made a cardboard box slightly smaller than the diameter of the clock and glued it in the back of the clock. I made a hole along the bottom of the box and filled with sand. I picked up the clock taking the hole up. When I was ready to take the picture with the remote I lowered my hand letting the sand going out from the box. I used a black background. The light was natural, since I don’t know very well how to use flashes In post production I desaturated and used the curves. I inverted the image to give more emphasis and create the idea of something magical and mysterious. Resize, USM, SFW.
Thank you so much for your votes and nice comments.
This is the not inverted version:
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I am not a photographer and do not know the technical stuff at all. I just drop in here now and then to pay my respect to all you experts and enthusiasts alike.
Thanks for all the details of how you got this shot. It is a lesson in innovation and professionalism.
I am amazed at the troubles you all take to get a complex idea (as time) translated into a visual picture! The inversion, to my mind, adds drama and takes your work out of teh ordinary or predictable.
Sand of Time
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