Have you got the time? - a photo on Flickriver

Have you got the time?

            Found in the archive some meaningless macro tests with the nearest object at hand (who hasn't done it? :) which triggered some interesting thoughts

On Watches And Time

1. The first thought that struck me was that clocks and watches are largely responsible for our acute shortage of time. The better instruments to measure it, the less time we seem to have.True liberation comes when we lose our watch, or it breaks - then we have all the time in the world :)

Happy people don't wear watches, some have no clocks in their homes. They don't wake up with 'I must...' thoughts, and have no 'To do' lists. Dream on!.. :)

2. On a more pragmatic level, I find the continuing presence and use of wrist watches rather strange. The undisputed most ubiquitous technology gadget of the last century (nothing ever came close to being owned by nearly every adult on the planet), the personal clock is being replaced by the mobile phone as we speak. More people own phones than watches nowadays, and of those who have both, more and more are inclined to leave the watch at home - but not the phone.

The watch-making industry is not dying without a fight, and their (last) efforts are spectacular. But you know it's a lost battle when, with watch on your wrist, you pull out your phone to see the time. I catch myself doing it - do you? :)

Taken on: November 26, 2011

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Sets appears in: • Nexography • Timepieces

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Camera: Sony NEX-5, f/4.0, 1/40 sec, 18mm (=27mm), ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony NEX-5
Lens:	E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.025 sec (1/40)
Focal Length:	18mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm)
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	Low
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.6 (Windows)
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