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Challenge: Death (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Date: Dec 5, 2006
Date Uploaded: Dec 5, 2006

 They say in the not so distant past before medicine is what it is today they didn't actually know if people were dead so they would tie a bell to a string and drop it into the coffin for a day or so, if the bell rang they would quickly dig the poor soul out. Hence the term "Dead Ringer." This is according to the Discovery channel. :)
Didn't come out exactly the way I wanted, but does it really ever?
Post challenge: I agree the lighting sucks, my commender function wasn't being very commanding so I had to put the sb-600 on the camera, oh well. After alittle more research, the internet told me the Discovery channels was full of crap :P

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 227
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Avg (commenters): 5.5333
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Votes: 202
Comments: 16
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 12/17/2006 09:00:49 PM
Love your comments. :) Fun pic!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/12/2006 02:08:10 PM
the position of the arm doesent look very "dead" or "un-dead" it should be coming strait up
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 12/10/2006 06:04:43 PM
LOL...creative, well done
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 12/10/2006 03:31:44 PM
like the creativity
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 12/10/2006 03:04:19 AM
love it
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 12/10/2006 02:47:04 AM
Some-one has been watching too many hammer house of horors films! Well executed - I especially like the chocolate brown of the sky.
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 12/09/2006 09:06:57 PM
The angle of the wrist ruins it for me a bit. I do like the title and the composition. Those look like clean nails though. :) 5
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 12/09/2006 05:50:39 PM
Very poor taste
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 12/07/2006 06:42:28 PM
Good concept, good composition, but wreteched lighting that really sinks the shot.
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 12/07/2006 01:48:08 PM
I like the idea but I think you need to work more on the technical stuff.
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 12/07/2006 09:31:58 AM
Not yet dead actually, he can still hold his hand up ;-)
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 12/07/2006 05:04:09 AM
Very creative.
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 12/06/2006 03:07:02 PM
Yikes! Very spooky and stylized. Guess this would have worked well for dirt challenge as well. :-) 7.
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 12/06/2006 06:37:35 AM
Interesting.....my daughter did her Thesis on being buried alive and the bell with the coffin (she's an installation artist). Great shot!
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 12/05/2006 11:18:40 PM
nice idea. lacks of contrast, lighting is flat
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 12/05/2006 08:41:09 PM
Ask not for whom the bell tolls..it tolls for thee.
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