I/o

[Flybye]

I had a bunch of hard drives in the house that are all <10gb. Pretty much useless and certainly not worthwhile to convert to external drives since you can get thumbdrives that size for almost pennies now. So I figured I'd open them all up and see which one will become Mr Photogenic.

I called it I/O since the head (thing at the end of the arm) does Input/Output.

[Lava Lamp]

I had a bunch of hard drives in the house that are all <10gb. Pretty much useless and certainly not worthwhile to convert to external drives since you can get thumbdrives that size for almost pennies now. So I figured I'd open them all up and see which one will become Mr Photogenic.

I called it I/O since the head (thing at the end of the arm) does Input/Output.

I like it. Could be interesting in color, too. I'm guessing the drive (platter?) might have reflective rainbow colors.

I just put another photo of my own up for critique. Would love to read your comments iand suggestions if you care to leave some.

[Flybye]

Thanks. The platter was not giving any type of rainbow effects at all. It is the smoothest surface I have ever seen, though.

[Jay C]

Like it, Nice and sharp. I really like it in black and white, but it would be interesting to see the color version. Its amazing how small hard drives used to be, considering I just bought my 3rd tb.

[GB1]

nice shot! I like it as is but think that you could play with the composition a bit too to less center the arm (maybe some off the bottom). Has a 'retro' feeling to it.

G

[Shebang]

Has a cool feel because of the modern similarity to the vintage turntable! This would be a good entry for the Feb photo project "Opened!"

[Flybye]

What do you guys think? Color or B/W?

[Shebang]

Oooo, color for me!

[Flybye]

Thanks guys!

GB1, I tried to get most of the arm and at least part of the spindle which is why I have the head where it's at.

[Flybye]

Has a cool feel because of the modern similarity to the vintage turntable! This would be a good entry for the Feb photo project "Opened!"

ah thanks! I did not know about it. If I have more replies for the B/W vs Color, then I'll put that one in there.

[armando_m]

Color is nicer

[daq7]

Color version works nicely. In a few years you will need an electron microscope to phtograph an equivalent mechanism....

[Flybye]

Thanks all for the comments. I'm going to post the color version in the "Open" project.