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11/18/2008 02:55:34 PM |
From the score, I guess I totally lost out on the two second rule ( the time it a takes to wow the voter). But I am extremely pleased with the comments the image generated. . . especially the ones that pondered the significance of all the elements in the image. After all, it was a murder mystery! I tried to provide all the evidence I could.
Thank you so much for your response to my entry, "Can you hear me know?". If you read the book, went to the play, or watched the movie, "Arsenic and Old Lace," the entry may make more sense to you. . . especially if you think of the Verizon guy as one of the victims! In the story two little old ladies off their suitors with a mixture of Elderberry wine, arsenic, strychnine ("just a pinch, My Dear") and cyanide. In reality, besides pesticides, insecticides, and fungicides, crystal, your cell phone and computers all have traces of arsenic in them. Instead of an Elderberry wine label facing forward, I turned it so that the Government warning was evident. However, it lost its sharpness and readability when I reduced the image for the web. I wondered how the old ladies would handle the Verizon guy in the commercial of which I really got very tired. Thus, the image. I realize it maybe was a stretch, but I thought it was perfect to the challenge. Again, thanks for your attention. I was very disappointed in the score but very, very pleased by all the comments it generated.
BTW: I guess arsenic is illegal to own in quantities. (Gee, I wonder why.) The image in the phone is the only known one of any quantity of it. |
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11/18/2008 12:27:12 PM |
You should get this week's prize for highest ratio of quality and creativity to appreciation. Unfortunately there is no such prize.
Here's one to be going on with :)
Message edited by author 2008-11-18 12:27:38. |
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11/18/2008 12:44:22 AM |
| Well, I totally blew this one. I just now noticed the picture on the phone. |
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11/18/2008 12:11:20 AM |
| heh! must be something about that Ohio humor hehe |
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11/15/2008 11:34:19 PM |
| What element were you going for? Good light and a nice sharp picture. |
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11/15/2008 06:36:49 PM |
| You might have to connect the dots for me here. Is the glass lead crystal? Is the lead blocking the cell phone signal? I'm confused. Nice job on the lighting. |
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11/15/2008 10:29:43 AM |
| oh my - arsenic and old lace? clever! the only think i do not get is the cell phone. was that the only way you could include the arsenic? very crafty and i am guessing not too many have put together this puzzle. creative! |
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11/14/2008 08:54:30 PM |
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11/14/2008 08:40:01 PM |
| This is a great idea for the challenge. Maybe just a little less doily would make the other components stand out better? |
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11/14/2008 12:42:12 AM |
| I don't want to have to think too hard to figure out what this element is supposed to be. Extremely vague. |
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11/13/2008 09:21:50 AM |
| It took me a minute or two to catch on to this, but I'm glad I took a minute with it because I think the idea is very clever. |
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11/11/2008 10:15:15 PM |
OK another guessing game regarding how this fits into the challenge...We have a phone, a wine bottle, a lead crystal goblet. Hmmm. Arsnic is on the screen of the phone. I guess that is the element. Boy I had to work hard to "get" this one.
Outside of the point being difficult to understand, it is well lit, and the focus is good, colors are spot on. |
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11/11/2008 05:57:27 PM |
| My little pea brain just don't get it - sorry... A sharp picture but no photographic value |
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11/11/2008 05:30:04 PM |
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11/11/2008 04:39:32 PM |
| LOL....there are some days when that's what I want to do...only I'd use the toilet. This was a nicer and more pleasing scene! *wink* Very nicely photographed too. |
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11/11/2008 03:26:48 PM |
| I tried to figure out what element I was looking at. Then I think I got the pun. Groan!!!! |
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11/11/2008 02:27:56 PM |
| I'm sorry, but it makes no sence to me... |
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11/11/2008 12:55:04 PM |
| i think ill need to come back and look at this |
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11/11/2008 12:39:07 PM |
| i get it - but i am not sure about the choice of composition with the phone seemingly stuck in the glass |
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11/11/2008 11:49:41 AM |
| On my first pass through the images, I didn't catch the cleverness and humor. On a review, this is pretty good.... especially the old lace. I get it! Wish the cell phone display was more luminous, but it fits into the murder mystery subtlety you've chosen. (9) |
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11/11/2008 10:39:47 AM |
| Cute idea, and I hope everyone sees it. The image ?? maybe a dead body would have carried it better |
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11/11/2008 09:00:56 AM |
| It took me a moment to figure out what you are implying here. |
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11/11/2008 05:55:37 AM |
| Is that you, Mortimer? Are you the son of a sea-cook? Love it. The humor will be lost on some, though, I'm afraid. As far as illustrating the element...yeah, it's pretty good. |
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11/11/2008 12:04:08 AM |
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