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I saw yesterday Rachael Archibald's winning picture in Qweekend's and decided to do my own version.
What do you think?

 PS. Unfortunalely, Qweekend hasn't published on its website Rachael's picture yet so I cannot provide you
with a link.

Nice image! Personally probably prefer the needle and writing a touch sharper but without a macro that may be hard. I am envious of your stereo, the GFC has meant I can't update!

Lovely stuff! Great colour scheme.

I would prefer more emphasis on the needle and writing (more exposure as well as sharpness)

Thanks for your comments. As you would have realised, the record and the pickup (needle and the arm) are moving. To get the effect of a sense of movement and enough depth of field, I had to use a low speed and a higher aperture and the combination of these and the available low light caused the needle to be a bit blurred, which is what I was after. I didn't want to freeze the movement.

zafra52 wrote:Thanks for your comments. As you would have realised, the record and the pickup (needle and the arm) are moving. To get the effect of a sense of movement and enough depth of field, I had to use a low speed and a higher aperture and the combination of these and the available low light caused the needle to be a bit blurred, which is what I was after. I didn't want to freeze the movement.

Got ya. In that case, I suppose there are two options. Blur the disc not the pin or both (as you have done). Maybe a bit more blur in that case may be interesting to see?

I think that the needle needs to be sharp.

In this case, I'm not sure that the needle actually needs to be placed on the disc; would it be obvious if it were held suspended a millimetre or three above the record's surface?

I don't really know if that would work, but I suspect that it's certainly worth trying. This is a great image, well executed, with a wonderful feel to it.

Thank you all again. I will try another shot during the weekend to see if I can make the needle sharper.

This is a variation on a theme trying to get the needle sharper. Taken at night with artificial light. What do you think?



And Black and White:

This was taken yesterday at midday with more ambient light and it is closer to the first. Unfortunately, the server was down and I couldn't post it.