Mini Challenge #224: Technology Today

travelways · March 29, 2016

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sarasphotos · March 29, 2016

What a great, thought-provoking topic! I'm looking forward to very interesting entries.

Cheers, Sara

pegelli · March 29, 2016

sarasphotos wrote: »

What a great, thought-provoking topic! I'm looking forward to very interesting entries.

1: Replacing the old-fashioned gas station

2: When there's no space to expand you can still use novel architectural technology to go up

3: Smartphones beat dinosaur DSLR's for selfies every day

Looking forward to many more great entries on this subject

travelways · March 29, 2016

sarasphotos wrote: »

What a great, thought-provoking topic! I'm looking forward to very interesting entries.

Cheers, Sara

travelways · March 29, 2016

pegelli wrote: »

Looking forward to many more great entries on this subject

Thank you Pegelli

GSPeP · March 30, 2016

1. Old and new (Windmill and power plant in Doel, near Antwerp)

2. To go fast on water

3. Digging holes made easy

travelways · March 30, 2016

Thank you Peter

pegelli · April 2, 2016

GSPeP wrote: »

1. Old and new (Windmill and power plant in Doel, near Antwerp)

I thought about a similar scene for this challenge after two visits to Doel in the recent years, but glad I didn't. Yours is much better

I hope we get more entries, 6 so far seems a bit on the low side

sarasphotos · April 2, 2016

OK, here are my entries. I have searched through thousands of photos and found only six that remotely fit the bill. It seems that my photographic aesthetic does not include the modern! Here are three pictures that at least fit the subject.

1) Cambridge, England
This was snapped in 2009 when I was still using a Canon PowerShot P&S. I have always loved the anacronism pictured with the centuries-old door that uses a computerized key-card entry system.

2) The modern bike rider: my bike cockpit during a tour, with my old cell phone being used as gps navigator, being charged over usb from my dynamo

3) Selfies in Piazza San Marco, Venice
(I played in pp with the Nik tolls that I downloaded last week. Hopefully not too over-the-top.)

Cheers to all, Sara

grandmaR · April 2, 2016

I have lots and lots of photos in this category. So I have picked three - Electricity, transportation and health. Two of the three of them are what I think of as ugly - the ugliness of technology

#1 Ugly

Electricty - this was taken from a tour bus in Lima, Peru

#2 Distructive
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Transportation - this was taken in Pompeii. They have the big stepping stones across the streets so that carriage wheels can go through them (early pedestrian crossing). Apparently there has been a wheeled vehicle that has passed through here and they have filled the gap and used ramps to get through the stepping stones. I think that the technology is the tractor (or whatever vehicle it was) overlaying the ancient site.

#3 - Ouch

Medical. This was a sharps container in the handicapped bathroom in an airport in England.

travelways · April 2, 2016

Thank you Sara

travelways · April 2, 2016

Tanks GradmaR - please put the titles above the photos -

grandmaR · April 2, 2016

I don't want to put the titles on the top. That's not in the rules. Why are you being so picky?

travelways · April 2, 2016

grandmaR wrote: »

I don't want to put the titles on the top. That's not in the rules. Why are you being so picky?

For me it's just a common sense - leave them as they are if you feel that's better for you.

grandmaR · April 2, 2016

I feel that I have complied with the rules as they are written and there shouldn't be any chastisement or stern corrections by anyone for not following unwritten rules.

travelways · April 2, 2016

grandmaR,

Unless everybody here is wrong, a title normally goes on the top of any content.

* Just imagine yourself reading a newspaper article, and find the title only at the end

This is not an unnecessary formality. In the case of these challenges, the idea is to make it easier for people to "read" an image.
- That's why the Guidelines mention about giving the photo a title.

I don't want to appear being absurd, but when I first looked at your photos it took me some time to figure out for example how your second photo was related to electricity.

I honestly had to go back three times to realize that the word "Electricity" was actually in the title of the entry above...

Now, I know what your photos are about and it doesn't matter anymore where the title is.

Some other people however may have the same problem identifying your entries, but probably this is not important to you.

As I said, if you feel better this way, leave them as they are.

If I was too rude to you I apologize. I should have probably just ignored your entries and not made any comment. I promise I'll do this next time.

grandmaR · April 4, 2016

I really don't want to put titles on my pictures. The photo should speak for itself without any verbiage. I put the three categories at the top, and the photos followed that list. I only added the numbers (which should have told you which picture it referred to) and the words because the rules require it.

I put the explanation (if one is required) in the caption which goes underneath the photo.

So you are right - titles go at the top. But I am putting the explanation on the bottom and I am using that as the required title.

You asked for more entries and so I stopped what I was doing and looked for appropriate photos and then picked the ones that I thought met the requirements of the mini. I was very annoyed and hurt when all you could do was complain about the position of the titles.

travelways · April 4, 2016

grandmaR wrote: »

I really don't want to put titles on my pictures. The photo should speak for itself without any verbiage. I put the three categories at the top, and the photos followed that list. I only added the numbers (which should have told you which picture it referred to) and the words because the rules require it.

I put the explanation (if one is required) in the caption which goes underneath the photo.

So you are right - titles go at the top. But I am putting the explanation on the bottom and I am using that as the required title.

You asked for more entries and so I stopped what I was doing and looked for appropriate photos and then picked the ones that I thought met the requirements of the mini. I was very annoyed and hurt when all you could do was complain about the position of the titles.

Just perfect - I appreciate your effort and understanding grandmaR - Thanks

From your entries I (personally) like more the #1 Ugly with the danger sign

travelways · April 4, 2016

I keep coming back to this one

sarasphotos wrote: »

1) Cambridge, England

How cool to see it! ... But I especially like the old door with the mark of the previous lock on it

Sara, I really admire your good quality photos (indifferent the camera), attention to details and clean looking and presentation of your images

sarasphotos · April 4, 2016

Thanks, Tatiana! I am blushing!!

travelways · April 4, 2016

sarasphotos wrote: »

Thanks, Tatiana! I am blushing!!

Oh, I didn't mean to do that

Well, you mentioned in the Signs, Signs, challenge (or whatever it is: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=2029089#post2029089) about the Electric Light sign, which is nice, but I wanted to prevent you changing this one with that one

sarasphotos · April 5, 2016

Don't worry, wasn't about to change it.

travelways · April 5, 2016

sarasphotos wrote: »

Don't worry, wasn't about to change it.

Earache · April 7, 2016

1. Planned Obsolescence

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2. A New Paradigm

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3. High-Flying Technology

travelways · April 7, 2016

Thank you Eric, great entries

sarasphotos · April 7, 2016

Love the pictures, Eric. Re #2 - gads, does anyone else find that taking pictures with iPads and the like just looks like the dorkiest thing on earth???

Cheers, Sara

Earache · April 7, 2016

Thanks Tatiana, Sara... it's a interesting theme, and all the entries so far are great - hope there are more!

I dunno Sara... mobile devices are taking over the world!
I remember the first time I noticed someone using a tablet for photography...
it was at an Air Show, and yes, it looked very strange... I mean really dorky!

JAG · April 8, 2016

This is a great mini challenge! I do hope more participate in it. I do have some examples, but as always, because I am moderator I cannot participate in the challenge itself. Please do not consider these in your judging Tatiana.

1. Is it really the "Final Frontier?" (Johnson Space Center)

2. The information highway on the Seward Hwy Alaska

3. "If only I had thumbs, I would order my own pizza!"

travelways · April 8, 2016

Thank you Joyce - really nice!

sarasphotos · April 9, 2016

Great entries, Joyce!

Cheers, Sara

sapphire73 · April 11, 2016

Wanted to participate and finally found a few moments to look through my photos. Here are 3 that might fit this mini:

1. Selfies in Seoul, Korea

2. Street at Night in Old Fort Cochin, India

3. Sailing along the Rhine (Basel to Strasbourg)

Mini Challenge #224: Technology Today

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