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Stone Cold Suicide
Stone Cold Suicide
Artyste


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rock, Paper, Scissors (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Location: Kamloops, B.C.
Date: Apr 15, 2005
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/450 sec
Galleries: Humorous, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Apr 15, 2005

Dare I hope that the average voter understands this?

Dare I?!?!!

Anyway, to explain.. there are 3 main types of rock. Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary. Each of these words is close enough to another word (or phrase) that it can retain meaning, if you know the other word well enough.. Written properly, the note would read:

Dear cruel, ignorant(igneous) world, my love, she met a Morphic(self-explanatory)... For I was too sedentary(sedimentary).

You see?

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 250
Avg (all users): 5.7671
Avg (commenters): 7.4286
Avg (participants): 5.6542
Avg (non-participants): 5.8521
Views since voting: 1214
Views during voting: 337
Votes: 249
Comments: 31
Favorites: 1 (view)


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11/05/2006 06:53:46 PM
good job its verry gniss
haha rock joke.
just be glad its not schist!
hahaa another rock joke!
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12/13/2005 06:21:54 PM
Oh I'm so glad this was brought up!

Love it!

Congratulations!
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12/13/2005 06:13:39 PM
Just felt like coming back to mention again how much I enjoyed this shot, since it popped up in the forums.
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04/28/2005 12:14:00 PM
very clever, glad you finished so high.
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04/28/2005 11:59:20 AM
i think its great.
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04/28/2005 11:39:12 AM
gattamarta...

The meaning of the note is an extremely cute word play on geological (rock) terminology. They're all descriptors for various type of rock formations.

Who the heck gave this a "1"...who ever you are...you're a !@#$%tard.

There is absolutely no reason to give this a "1". The fact that it had ALL three potential criteria (rock, paper, scissors) is justification for at least a 2. It's a reasonably clear photo. Slightly dark (but that's more dependent on monitor).

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04/27/2005 02:00:04 PM
Thank you for the comments everyone! 24 is a great number to get for a 5.767 score. I'm glad I could make people laugh with this, as I had a great time setting it up and coming up with the pun-like suicide note.

A couple of thoughts:
I wish I had the time or the tools to have drilled slots in the rocks for the scissors to fit in.. I would have been able to get a more "realistic" look.

Yes, I went over-board on the placement of the scissors, but I meant for this photo to be satirical, not life-like.. although, as I said above, a touch more "realism" might have helped.

I explained the meaning of the note in my comments section, feel free to read that.

Yes, this isn't very technically inspiring, but I didn't think it had to be. The humor was all-important here, and if you didn't get it, that's ok.. I don't fault you for that.

This is one of my personal favorite challenge entries.
Once again, thank you to everyone.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/26/2005 07:43:14 PM
ROFLMAO!!
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04/26/2005 06:43:16 PM
Gotta love this one for how it's truly witty and sly. Technically it seems rather humdrum, but I admire the heck out of the concept and I am ranking it right up top.
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04/26/2005 12:44:22 PM
Very funny!
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04/26/2005 11:35:52 AM
that is away to put it in to words. like the rocks.
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04/26/2005 01:07:18 AM
think I would have preferred just the pair of scissors through the note. Nice work on the message though.
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04/26/2005 12:06:17 AM
very creative!
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04/25/2005 09:15:05 PM
thats a funny pic... i really enjoyed it.
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04/24/2005 11:56:37 PM
Now were talking, we have creativity and a sense of humour. I like to see that in a challenge, very cute. Love it.
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04/24/2005 10:37:31 PM
Good idea, love the geology terms in the note
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04/24/2005 09:37:35 PM
great setup but does not work IMO as an image
04/24/2005 08:58:05 PM
A great composition, well composed. Good focus. Superb creativity and a solid dose of humor. So far this was my only 10.
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04/24/2005 06:56:45 PM
Love the humor in this shot. I think this succeeds in where many failed in that while others have placed elements of all three (which I don't feel was necessary) items, yours actually has a coherent and effective composition. Well done, this is my top pick for this challenge. 10
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04/24/2005 01:04:58 PM
My sediments exactly.
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04/24/2005 09:58:54 AM
OK I get it, and I even like it, and it proves the old saying you can’t get blood from a rock. Well done (8)
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04/24/2005 06:23:39 AM
Creative, here you got it all covered.
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04/24/2005 06:21:07 AM
Nice one I like this 10 for idea colour and tone clarity is great
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04/23/2005 10:45:51 AM
Great shot. Very creative. I almost missed this one. Glad I didn't.
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04/23/2005 07:19:50 AM
sorry, I don't get it... was suicide committed stabbing 3 scissors on self? quite hard to do...
I also miss the meaning of the note
04/22/2005 03:59:41 PM
very creative...just what i like to see! great job
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04/22/2005 02:20:03 PM
LOL!! I've actually seen a poem loke that before.
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04/21/2005 09:26:16 AM
very creative image, i like how you played all the elements in it.
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04/20/2005 08:12:50 AM
Lighting is very bland which spoils nice theme
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04/20/2005 12:37:34 AM
Oh sure, you think the note makes it look like a suicide, but I suspect foul play...
Hehe - geologist humor - very creative and clever! Well done.
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04/20/2005 12:26:02 AM
haha
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