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Laertes' Poisoned Blade
Laertes' Poisoned Blade
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Visual Puns (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX Macro for Nikon
Location: Peete's basement
Date: Dec 18, 2005
Aperture: 16
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/400
Date Uploaded: Dec 18, 2005

thanks to peete for posing with his snake.

The poisoned blade that mortaly wounded Hamlet in a fencing duel.

Statistics
Place: 20 out of 144
Avg (all users): 6.4000
Avg (commenters): 8.0909
Avg (participants): 5.8902
Avg (non-participants): 6.6923
Views since voting: 4827
Views during voting: 428
Votes: 225
Comments: 18
Favorites: 2 (view)


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AuthorThread
01/01/2006 10:15:38 PM
Hey, I love the "look" of this shot. It looks almost CGI. What were your post-processing steps?

-Chad
12/29/2005 06:39:22 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

You have a perfectly executed photograph here that was richly rewarded by our voters.

While the pun (perhaps an obscure one) puzzled our voters they gave you full marks for originality and superb photography.

There really isn't much to critique in this image, except to reiterate what you did right. So with thanks for the chance to look at this image again closely, I'll move on to the next Challenge entry in the queue.

I wish you continued success in DP Challenges.
12/26/2005 08:47:04 AM
Highly convincing and very effective visual. Congratulations on top 20 finish.
12/26/2005 01:33:57 AM
Returning for comments. A little obscure on the pun, but a magnificent, high-quality image!!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/25/2005 11:53:02 PM
I have puzzled and puzzled at this one. I have absolutely NO clue what the pun is, and it is driving me crazy. I have to assme there IS a pun, and I'm missing it. The picture itself is spectacularly nice, just beautiful. The way the snake details echo the details of the hilt, for example... The perfect way the snake's tail makes a "bracelet" on the wrist. I love this shot.

So I'm gonna do somethign I never do, and boot you to the top of the stack on the ASSUMPTION there's something here I'm missing. I hope that's true :-)
12/25/2005 08:47:55 PM
grea composition and lighting. not quite a pun, more like a literalism, though
12/25/2005 02:55:20 PM
great lighting and very cool concept! 10
12/25/2005 03:49:27 AM
nicely photographed
12/24/2005 03:29:56 PM
beautiful picture; lovely colours, sharpness, but sorry, I don't get the pun at all.
12/23/2005 03:44:47 PM
Oooooh. . .striking. Very well done.
12/23/2005 07:44:13 AM
This is perfect lighting and coloring. I didn't remember "Hamlet" well enough for the title to make sense without googling, but it is a clever idea.
12/22/2005 04:15:56 PM
Great compostion ,am. I love the fac tthat the sword devides the framvce into ttwo segments. Image is sharp and clean and the title is great.. 10
12/21/2005 09:10:07 PM
Love how the pattern of the snake pops out and how its skin almost meshes with the blade handle.
12/20/2005 07:26:00 PM
Nice crisp shot. Beautiful sword. I hate snakes though. Didn't mark you down for the snake. :)
12/20/2005 03:46:05 AM
Wow, wow, wow, That all I can say.................. except this is a ripper................
12/19/2005 01:23:10 PM
The photo has a really nice quality to it that I can't put my finger on. Anyway, it's a 10.
12/19/2005 05:49:43 AM
Cool (10)
12/19/2005 02:40:43 AM
Beautifully well-done image. But I'm afraid the pun will be lost on the majority of voters, even those that really like the image. Still, I love it! Great shot, and one of the best executions (NPI) of the challenge.


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