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The Seventh Seal
The Seventh Seal
alfresco


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Challenge: Death (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: The Outbuilding
Date: Dec 3, 2006
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/10
Date Uploaded: Dec 4, 2006

 Revelations 8:1
"And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour."

Of course this craptographic masterpiece will bomb miserably but that's ok. The title and photo are, of course, a reference to Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal. If you're not aware of the movie you should give it a chance.

//www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/3825/seventhseal.html
//www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=11&eid=26§ion=essay
//www.eufs.org.uk/films/the_seventh_seal.html

If I had another person or two I would have tried photographing the Dance of Death (“The strict lord Death bids them dance”):


but it would not have been well received, even if I were a good photographer.

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 227
Avg (all users): 6.0761
Avg (commenters): 7.7500
Avg (participants): 6.0897
Avg (non-participants): 6.0672
Views since voting: 2405
Views during voting: 371
Votes: 197
Comments: 19
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/29/2006 10:23:20 PM
Cool Man! My friend is absolutely obsessed with this movie! I think you did a great job!
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 12/22/2006 10:09:05 PM
Hey....good placement! I see you've been into the white face paint again. Love the directional pull in this one.
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 12/17/2006 10:36:56 PM
Spooky and way out! Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/11/2006 10:34:24 PM
"Love is the blackest of all plagues. If one could die of it, there would be some pleasure in love - but you don't even die of it." Jons, The Seventh Seal

Nice characterization, but you could have made Death more moon faced, like in the original movie poster! 7

(BTW, what the hell needed to be validated here?!)
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 12/11/2006 07:01:24 PM
Nice shot. This would make a nice Halloween costume. 7
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 12/11/2006 02:40:41 PM
You know, that looks so much like the actor that I checked Google to see if I could find the image. I figured you might have just used a cut-out and put a scythe in front of it. But I couldn't find the image, so I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt. 8 for a great recreation, and a composition that I believe is original to you.
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 12/10/2006 11:37:37 PM
very good...great composition...excellent for this challenge
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 12/10/2006 12:35:55 PM
Lovely shot.
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 12/07/2006 04:37:55 PM
that thing in his hands (can't find the word now) looks sooo familiar ;) don't you love it as a prop?

might've been better with only seeing the eyes, instead of the whole face.
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 12/07/2006 03:13:48 PM
Sweet! This is cool. I was expecting to see more grim reapers in this challenge but I'm digging this one.
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 12/07/2006 02:17:22 PM
A different shot .. like the lighting and expression on the face! - 8
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 12/07/2006 12:07:03 PM
Cool face on the mask.
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 12/07/2006 09:33:01 AM
JP - You are so grim!!!
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 12/07/2006 07:56:58 AM
Very good. top 10 for sure... but my pick for a ribbon.
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 12/06/2006 08:32:10 PM
The face looks familiar! Could it be Alfresco? Very cool image
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 12/06/2006 06:09:23 PM
Nice post processing... cool shot.
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 12/06/2006 11:38:32 AM
GREAT MOVIE!!!!!
*ahem*
I like your photo. Seems a little too... bright? contrasty? for the movie but that's not anything wrong with your photo as a photo.
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 12/06/2006 07:33:51 AM
good image with lighting and shadow
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 12/06/2006 01:31:53 AM
Powerful! Scares me, it is NOT my turn yet, go away please! I am not ready.

Edit: Top ten at least.
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