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VU LEFT

My take on the OPPO HA-1 headphone amp's digital display, dialed to its emulation of the volume unit (VU) meters common on analog audio amplifiers of yore.

 

I envisioned more of a low-key "product" shot here but didn't have the skill, patience, or staging to pull it off, so futzed around a bit, focused on the left-channel, exposed for highlights, and got this. The blue bokeh ball is the power lamp for the amp (useful for when the display is optionally turned off). Not my usual fare, but I've been spending a lot more time at home, and the weather around here has been just horrendous to boot, precluding outdoor (but socially isolated) photography.

 

Taken with the Nikon 52mm screw-on close-up lens which, together with the vintage AI-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.2, constitutes the extent of my "macro" capability.

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Uploaded on April 5, 2020
Taken on April 3, 2020