Sightby
bcobleComment by SJCarter: While I understand that the challenge is to "Take a picture of something that has outlived its usefulness. It could be old technology, broken, discarded, outgrown, forgotten - anything. Exception: people (alive or dead) are not to be the main subject.", I am not really captured by this shot. The left eye (right eye of the cat), while obviously manipulated to augment or simulate blindness, still doesn't (IMHO) convey a strong sense of obselescence.
The photo overall is also overexposed and too close to the subject to be a powerful close-up and too far from the subject to be a good macro. I think I understand what you were trying to convey - blindness of a cat and the physical and visible implications of the lack of sight, but I just don't think you achieved it in this particular image.
I do think that the idea is really cool and a unique take on an overly saturated topic of wheels, trains, typewriters, floppy disks, LPs, cassettes, 8 tracks, cars, and abandoned buildings, but the idea isn't enough if the actual content doesn't convey what you're trying to present. I'm really disappointed that I couldn't vote this higher due to the quality of the photo - as opposed to not meeting the challenge. You've spent a lot of thought on the topic - that much is clear, but unfortunately, it didn't translate to a uniquely superior image. 2
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