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 03/15/2006 11:09:06 AM · #1
This is not meant as a look what they ended up with, but rather an interesting one above the other hmmmm that's interesting thing.

#173


#174


black nothingness before the big bright light?

What does it mean?

(out of discussion is #175, not using all 640 pixels obviously hurt that score).

03/15/2006 11:23:56 AM · #2
I think the REAL interesting thing is that #175, this one:



241 x 160 pixels, scored at 2.694, while #173, the full 640-pixel version, scored at 3.275. I'd have reversed the order of them (in fact, I did); for me the smaller version showed at least a tiny creative dimension, a "diminishing nothingness" as it were, and deserved a higher score.

Certainly, if anyone ever needed proof of the "bigger is better" mindset in DPC, this is it :-)

R.

Message edited by author 2006-03-15 11:25:00.
 03/15/2006 11:29:14 AM · #3
When I was 15, I was pronounced clinically dead by the doctors and consequently received my 7th sacrament (I'm Roman Catholic). For those who don't know what the 7th sacrament is - Annointing of the Dead.

For close to 5 minutes I had passed away and what was interesting was I saw the entire event from above the room... as if I were floating. Darkness isn't what I saw. Pure white isn't either. But rather an open field where lightness abounds. There was no tunnel of light, no stairway to heaven, but rather just a road that seemd to go for miles.

I was revived and kept in the ICU. After I woke up, the doctors asked and tested me for any abnormalities due to the lack of oxygen in my brain and I tested fine. And then I asked my mom why was there a priest in the room. She was shocked as the priest arrived a few minutes after I had "gone".

The afterlife has a different meaning to me than most. I've been there even for just a fleeting moment.
 03/15/2006 11:31:12 AM · #4
that explains alot!!!! :-)
03/15/2006 11:36:29 AM · #5
Originally posted by Rikki:
When I was 15, I was pronounced clinically dead by the doctors and consequently received my 7th sacrament (I'm Roman Catholic). For those who don't know what the 7th sacrament is - Annointing of the Dead.

For close to 5 minutes I had passed away and what was interesting was I saw the entire event from above the room... as if I were floating. Darkness isn't what I saw. Pure white isn't either. But rather an open field where lightness abounds. There was no tunnel of light, no stairway to heaven, but rather just a road that seemd to go for miles.

I was revived and kept in the ICU. After I woke up, the doctors asked and tested me for any abnormalities due to the lack of oxygen in my brain and I tested fine. And then I asked my mom why was there a priest in the room. She was shocked as the priest arrived a few minutes after I had "gone".

The afterlife has a different meaning to me than most. I've been there even for just a fleeting moment.


Wow.
 03/15/2006 11:38:39 AM · #6
Originally posted by Rikki:
When I was 15, I was pronounced clinically dead by the doctors and consequently received my 7th sacrament (I'm Roman Catholic). For those who don't know what the 7th sacrament is - Annointing of the Dead.

For close to 5 minutes I had passed away and what was interesting was I saw the entire event from above the room... as if I were floating. Darkness isn't what I saw. Pure white isn't either. But rather an open field where lightness abounds. There was no tunnel of light, no stairway to heaven, but rather just a road that seemd to go for miles.

I was revived and kept in the ICU. After I woke up, the doctors asked and tested me for any abnormalities due to the lack of oxygen in my brain and I tested fine. And then I asked my mom why was there a priest in the room. She was shocked as the priest arrived a few minutes after I had "gone".

The afterlife has a different meaning to me than most. I've been there even for just a fleeting moment.


Dude thats an a amazing story! Glad your still with us!

Rock On!
 03/15/2006 11:44:21 AM · #7
I gave the blacks and the white an 8. They met the challenge and they provided the most likely scenarios for the afterlife.
 03/15/2006 01:11:45 PM · #8
Holy crap Rikki, that must have been one good priest!

I am, of course, kidding.

Thank goodness you're with us man!
 03/15/2006 01:43:15 PM · #9
Amazing story Rikki.

Originally posted by Rikki:
And then I asked my mom why was there a priest in the room.


Was his first name Ken? :)
 03/15/2006 01:44:53 PM · #10
Originally posted by Rikki:
When I was 15, I was pronounced clinically dead by the doctors and consequently received my 7th sacrament (I'm Roman Catholic). For those who don't know what the 7th sacrament is - Annointing of the Dead.

For close to 5 minutes I had passed away and what was interesting was I saw the entire event from above the room... as if I were floating. Darkness isn't what I saw. Pure white isn't either. But rather an open field where lightness abounds. There was no tunnel of light, no stairway to heaven, but rather just a road that seemd to go for miles.

I was revived and kept in the ICU. After I woke up, the doctors asked and tested me for any abnormalities due to the lack of oxygen in my brain and I tested fine. And then I asked my mom why was there a priest in the room. She was shocked as the priest arrived a few minutes after I had "gone".

The afterlife has a different meaning to me than most. I've been there even for just a fleeting moment.


Wow. Too bad you didn't have your camera.
 03/15/2006 01:51:15 PM · #11
Wowsers! That's an amazing story Rikki!
...this cracks me up:
only on dpc could someone relate a story like that, and someone replies: " Too bad you didn't have your camera."
hehehehehhe
:-)
Good one yanko! I'm sure you're not the only one thinking it :-P
 03/15/2006 04:44:09 PM · #12
;) kinda puts a different spin on it right?

i showed my Afterlife image to my dad this past weekend and he looked at me wondering why I did something like that. But I assured him that it was just photography and an experiment on a technique so it wasn't really how I see afterlife.

Needless to say, I am very fortunate and thankful about everything that has happened to me. Life is precious and sometime we often forget this fact. I also celebrate two birthdays. One in September (my real birth date) and one on May 16th. So I guess I'll be 35 going on 21 this year ;)
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