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1st shot in a series of 3.

I should also add that this series will be shown in a gallery or two later this year. I'm so glad I shot this group of images. I thought about this for 3 years now and finally took a week to shoot them. I hope you all enjoy them.

Levels, USM, 1998 profile attached, spots cloned out. Done with 8 flashes, a chrome painted apple (fake), and a propane torch to bend the syringes.

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Drmuscle Doctormuscle 2 years ago

http://www.drmuscle.deviantart.com/gallery/#/dn0mdb

jmcd 2 years ago

Amazing work... Congratulations

Pocket Universe 2 years ago

Congrats on making it to the front page!

My first impression when I saw this was that it had to be a rendered image, I just didn't know that reality could look like this. Great job!

Dragos Carbuneanu 2 years ago

astonishing as usual.

WisoNet 2 years ago

Un trabajo excelente, enhorabuena!!

Claus Petersen 2 years ago

And who said that it wasn't colorful to be an addict ;-)

Armen Gevorgyan 2 years ago

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!

Codrin Lupei 2 years ago

Dave, congrats for the Front Page feature, very well deserved! All the best for this year!

Siavash 2 years ago

great Dave...very good...how did you make those syringes? are they made of glass?

Dave Nitsche Yeah, they're glass. I just heated them up with a propane torch and bent them. I broke a bunch and these were so brittle they only lasted for 3 shots so I made a miniseries out of them. Thanks

Johan Nieuwerth 2 years ago

Really one that does not at all require your name underneath to recognise your style... great one (again), you really are a master in this type of photography, love it.

Dave Nitsche Johan you're very kind. Thanks and I'm glad I can be recognized. That's a huge compliment!!!!

gNo 2 years ago

Very nice, reminds me a little bit of Amy Winehouse ;)

kind regards

jeannot

Dave Nitsche LOL... yeah. Thanks

Ralf Stelander 2 years ago

If this was the apple that Eve tried to eat, we would still be in paradise...

Dave Nitsche Thanks Ralf

Cako_SK 2 years ago

excelent !

Dave Nitsche Thanks

Leon 2 years ago

excellent creativity.
Good work

Dave Nitsche Thanks Leon

Fulvio Pellegrini 2 years ago

congrats Dave for the Cover
very well deserved
F.

Dave Nitsche Thanks Fulvio. Never thought one of my shots would be on the FP. :D

fulviopellegrini you are here!!!
F.

JA_Dianes 3 years ago

Dave, your work is simply awesome...

Thomas Ljungberg 4 years ago

Great shot with a strong message. Looking forward to see the rest. And as several already stated, perfect execution!
/Thomas

Emily Bem 4 years ago

VERY interesting and thought provoking. The clarity in your work is always so striking!

Carola Lundmark 4 years ago

So silmple but with so much to tell..Great!
Best regards Carola

Claudio Solera 4 years ago

Another incredible shot! Congrats.Ciao,Claudio.

Dave Nitsche Thanks Claudio!

Will Stoddard 4 years ago

Another neat one Dave! Spot on exposure and comp. will

Dave Nitsche As always thanks a ton Will.

Renato Manzi 4 years ago

Faultless & steril still life, bravo
R.

Dave Nitsche Thanks Renato

Ralf Stelander 4 years ago

I really appreciate the symbolism in your pictures, as well as the flawless execution!

Dave Nitsche Hi Ralf. Thanks for looking 'into' the picture a bit. Conceptual work is strange stuff. It requires a lot from the viewer and sometimes makes them think more than they should have to. A lot of my images are in that realm. Sometimes I beat the viewer over the head with an idea but other times I let some room for viewer interpretation. I get a lot of "I don't get it" comments from people and that either means I've failed or they don't look deep enough.

Every once in a while I get a comment like Lars' and yours on my Cancer shot that really makes it all worth while. Again thanks for taking the time to look and think about them. I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate it.

Michael Jakesz 4 years ago

Hi Dave!
Amazing idea and fantastically executed.
Keep 'em coming!
All the best
Michael

Dave Nitsche Thanks Michael. I realized that I really love melting glass. I've got all sorts of ideas from it now. I broke 8 syringes to get 3 good ones. LOL

Viet-Tuan Nooooo! How did you dare break 8 of those beautiful syringes? :D (Just kidding of course, no offense intended). Well, fortunateley, since the result is that good, I think you can be forgiven ^^
Cya around,
VTuan.

Dave Nitsche LOL... thanks Vtan. Yeah, I was upset about the breakage but heck, I break so much stuff it's almost become 2nd nature to me. :-)

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