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millerComment by miller: First, thank you everyone for the comments.
So this is what I get for submitting a not-so-obvious pic lol. I figured that some people wouldn't get it, but I didn't think it would be this bad. Yes, I know it is blurry.
OK, so it's a picture of the Grim Reaper reflected in my eye.
It was so tight because:
1. I didn't want the eye to be so obvious.
2. I didn't want the reaper to be too small.
3. I was trying out a new technique.
4. I didn't want this to be just another picture of an eye that happened to have a reflection in it.
I agree that it could be sharper, but because of the nature of the fear I wanted to keep it blurry. In my mind death is not a black and white thing that appears crystal clear and tack sharp. I know this is difficult to convey just with a picture.
The title is loosely based on a scene in "The Seventh Seal" where the knight is playing chess with Death. If I titled it "Grim Reaper in the Shadows" or something I'm sure more people would have understood it... oh well...
So finally, I realize there are a few things I could have done better, but in general the result I got was the one I wanted.
-Leigh
Message edited by author 2003-07-06 23:35:59. 
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