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There's a long story attached to this shot. Please read. It's important.So here it goes.
Everything was calm. I took a pear out of the refregirator to take make a nice fruit picture as my good friend Francois Cote had done weeks ago (see his work : [link] ).
Then at the precise moment when I dropped the pear on the table something caught my attention. I felt a simple and gentle breeze on my cheek. Then I turned back to see if I let the window opened then I heard : **SNAP**, turned back again and then! DAMN! A ninja had cut my pear in to half.
I haven't seen a thing, I only heard the sound of the katana going through the juicy fruit. I'm not sure if you can see it on this picture, but it is CLEAR that the cut was made by a very sharp katana since the pear haven't even moved... And the cut is so clean. WHOA!
I'm lucky that he wasn't heading for my head.
Still I'm not sure why have he came my way... was this a warning from Francois not to try to make the same picture as him? Or maybe it's was a "ninjaesque" way to tell me that some people want to kill me? Or he was sent by the future to tell me that if I don't do anything, America will be torn appart by a second civil war (this is CLEARELY represent by the two part of the pear, top = north and bottom = south) the connections are all there... I just can't find what he meant...
Who knows... I'll have to be on my guards all time now.
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Comments: 546
xavie [2005-08-05 11:30:47 +0000 UTC]
the title and the image are interesting.
nice job!
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kimcheese In reply to ??? [2005-07-17 17:37:16 +0000 UTC]
haha, love the work and your story!
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barthomelow In reply to ??? [2005-05-21 15:07:37 +0000 UTC]
LOL go ninjas!! love your title for this piece X3
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DeadThings [2005-04-30 03:56:57 +0000 UTC]
je ne peux plus de rire et j'en ris encore. La photo est belle et parfaite techniquement, rien Γ dire, mais une tele simplicitΓ©, et pourtant tellement drole!
Jaime bien ta gallerie mais pour moi c'est cette deviation ton eclat de gΓ©nie
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ClearlyMysterious [2005-04-03 05:39:13 +0000 UTC]
Hey thats awesome ^_^ Its different, I like it
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gabssnake In reply to ??? [2005-03-12 17:51:17 +0000 UTC]
ha ha ha, cool story, cool piece.
and, hem, watch out for the ninjas...
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akaisha [2005-03-11 16:38:11 +0000 UTC]
This would have been so perfect without that line under it. You don't have a version without the text, do you? I'd so buy the print if you did.
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maxyme In reply to akaisha [2005-03-11 18:21:40 +0000 UTC]
No I don't have that on DA.
Sorry.
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akaisha In reply to maxyme [2005-03-11 19:43:56 +0000 UTC]
Shame, but oh well. Good job with the photograph ^_^
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AeonAlliance [2005-03-01 16:48:22 +0000 UTC]
*rolls on floor laughing* lol the ninja's assassinated a Pear LOL
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picklejunkie In reply to ??? [2005-02-10 23:54:16 +0000 UTC]
yes, we all mus beware of nijas. the shot was awesome! great idea!
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Shinning [2005-02-04 02:37:15 +0000 UTC]
Amazing concept
I love it!!!!!!
What a great idea!!!!!!!
GReat shot and colors.
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StareDecisis In reply to ??? [2005-01-29 05:45:40 +0000 UTC]
That's hilarious. I love the whole idea behind it. Very clever. Those damn ninjas are always cutting pears. I love the lighting!
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Tangens-HR In reply to ??? [2005-01-24 08:39:16 +0000 UTC]
Hattore Hanzoooo!
This is a lovely shot. Very lovely -> I'm ing this
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maxyme In reply to Tangens-HR [2005-01-25 14:04:39 +0000 UTC]
Haha, yeah I'm pretty sure it was a Hanzo sword that made this cut!
Thanks
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CoramDeo In reply to ??? [2005-01-14 17:17:37 +0000 UTC]
Very appealing to the eyes. The bright reflection from the pears is so nice that I wish you would have put more of it in the picture. But this is definently a favorite!
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ChildOfTheMoon In reply to ??? [2005-01-14 05:32:32 +0000 UTC]
XD hilarious story, great capture too
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maxyme In reply to ExJ [2005-01-12 16:49:22 +0000 UTC]
Well, now the link is broken because my friend Francois removed it from his site, but he was the one who inspired me all this by shooting vegetable and food in our living room.
So I just had the idea with the pear and the ninja because I'm a big ninja fan.
For the story itself, let's say I was tired and my imagination was in a exessive mood... or maybe it was just all true...
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ExJ In reply to maxyme [2005-01-12 16:59:45 +0000 UTC]
cool, what do you mean by shooting vegetable?
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maxyme In reply to ExJ [2005-01-12 18:46:53 +0000 UTC]
eerrr sorry my english isn't exellent.
I meant taking pictures of vegetables (peppers actually).
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Aerin-Kayne In reply to ??? [2005-01-01 06:38:12 +0000 UTC]
The apples are next my friend
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FireBunny618 [2004-12-18 03:03:02 +0000 UTC]
The artistry of this is un-PEAR-alleled... I'm sorry for that. If I haven't already, :+fave:.
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loonymoony [2004-12-15 03:00:20 +0000 UTC]
yes, just like every one else, i have to admit that i love this piece. extremely irresistable. :+fave:
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WindCrest In reply to ??? [2004-12-10 07:22:21 +0000 UTC]
I love this! Excellent focus and attention to detail--just like the Ninjas.
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darkone0432 In reply to ??? [2004-12-08 10:29:21 +0000 UTC]
cool picture! oh and i totally belive the story... *coughs* my ass.. What? I said nothing even though I'm typing and that trick doesn't work here! great work anyways
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schmbrln [2004-12-05 05:25:29 +0000 UTC]
thats just awesome... i love the whole idea of this image... its very fun, colorful, and clean... very nice composition... given me some inspiration to start some studio shots...
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maxyme In reply to schmbrln [2004-12-06 14:14:58 +0000 UTC]
Thanks!
I'm glad this can inspire you in any ways
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isky [2004-11-17 00:31:10 +0000 UTC]
ha ha - great description.
fantastic shot too - the color and composition is wonderful!
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maxyme In reply to isky [2004-11-18 00:50:35 +0000 UTC]
yeah I had a lot of fun with this one
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pr0metheus85 In reply to ??? [2004-11-16 06:08:43 +0000 UTC]
absolutely awsome, clean, perfect. oh and the story adds so much depth to the whole thing. uber respect
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devgre1010175 [2004-10-20 02:44:13 +0000 UTC]
BUAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH this is entrancingly funny
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SpanishJohnny In reply to ??? [2004-09-29 09:12:20 +0000 UTC]
haha it reminds me of Kill Bill. Great idea, and man what a cut
beautiful colors. were did you take this. i always ask me were this white background comes from.
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