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Farewell Mr. Jobs
Farewell Mr. Jobs
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Apple III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35 f/4 ED VR
Location: Dubai Marina
Date: Oct 13, 2011
Aperture: f/14
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Landscape, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Oct 13, 2011

 The quote on the iPad is from Steve Jobs' famous Stanford speech, where he quoted the back cover of the Whole Earth catalog. As soon as I got back from shooting this, I realized I got it backwards :( It's "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."

I had a lot of fun shooting this, but it was a lot of work. I dragged all of my gear (Vagabond Lithium Mini, AlienBees B1600 light, large octabox, light stand, camera bag, tripod, and 30-40 apples) by myself along this long rock breakwater on the coast, set up my apples, watched almost half of them roll into the cracks between the rocks, and started shooting. I found out about 12 shots into this that I hadn't charged my Vagabond Mini, but at that point I was too tired to care. I got a decent shot, and after some moderate PP, I like how it turned out. I left the apples as a snack for the seagulls :)

My vision for this shot was a funeral procession, with the green apples pallbearing, and the red apples following. I wanted to do this on a deserted road, but my wife would have killed me if a car came out of nowhere and ran over her iPad, so I decided a beach location would be less dangerous. This was also my first shoot outdoors with my big lighting setup, and while I screwed up a lot of details, I learned a lot on this one, so I'm pretty pumped to go out and try it again!

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 45
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Avg (commenters): 7.6667
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Votes: 123
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 10/22/2011 02:01:43 AM
I really thought this would be on the podium. Kudos for all the schlepping!
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Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
 10/21/2011 12:47:45 PM
Congrats for the top 10 place! Very original idea!
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Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 10/21/2011 07:22:27 AM
Love the idea!! Congrats on the top 10!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/20/2011 07:58:23 PM
near perfect.
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 10/20/2011 01:09:51 PM
cool!
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 10/19/2011 10:46:38 PM
LOVE it!!!! What a marvelous setting and sentiment captured. A wonderful homage, deliciously done.
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Fujifilm X-T30
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 10/19/2011 12:49:15 PM
yes, that's a tribute
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 10/17/2011 08:24:38 AM
I like your creative approach.
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro
 10/16/2011 01:00:19 PM
Nice ,top ten for me.
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Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 10/14/2011 09:08:35 PM
Very cool setup.
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Apple iPhone Xr
 10/14/2011 07:03:59 AM
Symbolic. Nicely done.
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