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9V tragedy

9V tragedy by Lenny&Meriel.
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Strobist - el cheapo macro studio, single Vivtar 285 HV fired at 1/16 camera right above sheet of paper as diffuser. Triggered by Cactus V2
Macro studio info here 

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Ruprect.DK  Pro User  says:

Great story!
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Stand by, JT  Pro User  says:

Haha, nice!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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lui summer  Pro User  says:

Amazing!
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isthisyelah? says:

haha! soooo random, but funny!

you must have a lot of spare time. :)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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alasdair_round says:

thats awesome! haha
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PhotoGsy says:

Mate this rocks! Awesome idea
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clearlydived  Pro User  says:

brilliant!
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KAP'n Craig  Pro User  says:

A heavy load on that one. He just couldn't resist.
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bonavistask8er says:

awesome - love the little sneakers!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Doctor Fill says:

oh no!
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Silver Sands says:

I love it. Too Cool.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Oceaneer99 says:

These are so fun! And nice photography in your light tent, too.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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mmknell427 says:

Ha Ha. Great
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Ningaloo  Pro User  says:

Mate, do you need me go and get a fresh set of pills for you?
Where do you come up with this stuff? Keep doing it!!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Lenny&Meriel  Pro User  says:

Ohm-my lord, watt a joule of a comment
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FireFox2007  Pro User  says:

Nice idea, very imaginative

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snortmaiden says:

** This was voted a HIT from Hit, Miss or Maybe **
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Hasan Bazerbashi says:

hahah nice one :D
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Elwin (Skyline Studio)  Pro User  says:

** This was voted a Hit from Hit, Miss or Maybe **
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les sirolu says:

:OD

>>>seen on
1-2-3 group
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Sineads Dad  Pro User  says:

** This was voted a hit from Hit, Miss or Maybe **
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Sucker Punch !  Pro User  says:

haha, good ideaa : D .
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Pedro Moura Pinheiro  Pro User  says:

Too funny, what creativity! Flawless execution too.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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mion.nl  Pro User  says:

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AdamBaronPhoto  Pro User  says:

Too funny!
1-2-3
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KAP'n Craig  Pro User  says:

Getting the little ones to listen to mommy and daddy can be a hard cell. Hopefully we all have the potential to get something positive from this negative situation.
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KAP'n Craig  Pro User  says:

BTW, were his injuries terminal?
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Lenny&Meriel  Pro User  says:

I'm afraid so, it was the shock that did it
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KAP'n Craig  Pro User  says:

The irony is that he had just put on new shorts.
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Lenny&Meriel  Pro User  says:

Mate, in a way it's a good thing death was accidental. And imagine the furore if they found any salt on the scene. Clear cut case of a salt and battery.
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Ningaloo  Pro User  says:

If only I could find a quick pastable link to tumbleweed.
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KAP'n Craig  Pro User  says:

So what you are saying is that since it was accidental no one will be charged.
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Ric e Ette  Pro User  says:

I heard an off-duty solder saw everything, it was a bipolar transisting nearby that did it.
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Lenny&Meriel  Pro User  says:

Maybe someone should write annode
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garnathan  Pro User  says:

lol brilliant!!!
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KAP'n Craig  Pro User  says:

I read that this little guy had been doing the impe dance and spilled his Ohms slaw. That apparently led to this massive voltage drop.
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bhisham  Pro User  says:

creative capacity
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...escher...  Pro User  says:

That's great!
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jakubbrabec says:

Great idea!
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farnea says:

brilliant!
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Latente 囧 www.latente.it  Pro User  says:

see on BoingBoing
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Lenny&Meriel  Pro User  says:

Oooooh, BoingBoing. Lovely, ta for the heads up.

Thanks everyone, glad you liked it.
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firegroove says:

Wicked :))
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Out.of.Focus  Pro User  says:

funny
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Nick_Schweitzer  Pro User  says:

Mwahahahaha
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Flickr Dave  Pro User  says:

Nice commentary on the transistory nature of life, Lenny.
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Lenny&Meriel  Pro User  says:

It's like a visual poem about death, isn't it? A sort of "Die ode".
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weaving major & tractor dan says:

Die-ode? I think this was a kill-a-joule. I hope those two little guys have the capacitor to recover from such an ohm-verwhelming tragedy.
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Lenny&Meriel  Pro User  says:

I think they'll manage to solder on
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mingsai says:

詩意戲劇

Poetic Drama (;_;)
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Lungy  Pro User  says:

A great pic and a great read mate
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Lenny&Meriel  Pro User  says:

Ta, matey.
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Ric e Ette  Pro User  says:

I'll never forget this powerful and shocking story due to it's strong memory effect...
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KAP'n Craig  Pro User  says:

And don't forget Ric- we all made many contacts here. Although some might think that a drain.
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Flickr Dave  Pro User  says:

Grounding wouldn't be enough PUNishment for you, Craig. I'm starting a drive to have you ridden out of town on a rail.
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weaving major & tractor dan says:

You ought to keep an ion your negativity, Dave, it seems corrosive to me.
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Flickr Dave  Pro User  says:

Must be my bipolar nature. Didn't mean to excite anyone beyond their breakdown threshold.
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Lenny&Meriel  Pro User  says:

This is all great fun, but I gotta motor.
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Iñigo Sierra  Pro User  says:

great idea and great lighting.
congratulations.

Oh, you have appeared on probably the best and most known blog in spain, microsiervos, so i think you´ll have lots of visits today.
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Lenny&Meriel  Pro User  says:

Thanks for the comments and the heads up, Iñigo
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rubenmruiz says:

¡Mola!
Yes, I came from the microsiervos ;-)
The scene is great, the actors brilliant. I like it!
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Nukamari (offline. again)  Pro User  says:

Yo también vengo de microsiervos para meterla en mis favoritos directamente.
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Davic  Pro User  says:

excellent idea!!
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Lenny&Meriel  Pro User  says:

Thanks, guys. I appreciate the comments.

And Babelfish. Hooray for Babelfish!
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saitonrock says:

ahahahah u do it again!!
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Damián Fossi  Pro User  says:

LOOOOOL! so goood!!!
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fufty  Pro User  says:

wow!
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selmapau says:

Upřímnou soustrast.
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Ziya Bahtiyar says:

Please save the semiconductor electronic components!..
:o(
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Robertv! (Edinburgh, UK)  Pro User  says:

When the battery fell on him, he dioded. :-)
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shanidov  Pro User  says:

Excellent. Reminds me of this:

One badass peep, scene 2. by Corey (__x__blank__x__)

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almibag  Pro User  says:

Very creative and funny, great work!!
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JuanShot - Rebel without a pause  Pro User  says:

Que comica esta vaina
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helmut_rec  Pro User  says:

So sorry but the same time lol :)
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Amy Mud Pie says:

bloody brilliant!!!!!!
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Darkmoon Evil  Pro User  says:

What a sick and twisted mind you have....I like that! Great job!
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johndugganfoto  Pro User  says:

Purely amazing stuff ,
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YMarchese  Pro User  says:

Great work!
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rskura  Pro User  says:

So creative!
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