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12-MAY-2004

May 12: Personal nightmare

This is a photograph of my guillotine. I use it frequently for trimming prints. Faster and more accurate than a ruler and craft knife, or heaven forbid, a pair of scissors. But every time I see it sitting there in the corner of my office, I'm filled with terror at the thought of accidentally, well, look at the pic. You know what I mean...

But don't worry, I'm only trimming a photograph here!

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
1/125s f/11.0 at 22.0mm iso100 full exif

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Guest 07-Jun-2004 10:18
Oh David - I LOVE this. Would it be possible for me to print it out? It's just I have a very large guillotine and it would be such a good visual reminder for the people who use it...

brilliant idea. :-)
Paul Walters24-May-2004 00:26
That's actually very creative! I love it!
Dawn14-May-2004 06:00
Amen! I use a heavy duty cutter at work too. I did know one teachers aide years ago, who got a fingertip caught. Okay, can't look at pic anymore-shuddering! Yikes!
brother_mark14-May-2004 05:00
Incredibly done. Or should I say credibly? Very cool and scared me for a sec.
Pall Gudjonsson13-May-2004 10:25
Cool !
Jude Marion13-May-2004 03:14
Ouch!
Thats enough to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up!
Nice idea... !
Guest 13-May-2004 02:20
eek! yeah i used to use a huge industrial one at my old school...that thing was SCARY!
Karthik Raja12-May-2004 23:07
Scary David!
CJ Morgan12-May-2004 21:56
Good construction David. Very well done.
Si Kirk12-May-2004 20:07
well you can guess what i though from the thumbnail.....Phew!
Merloz Paris12-May-2004 18:38
funny ! Don't cut your finger ! cut your hair !
Guest 12-May-2004 18:29
Nicely done! Same fear I have!
Guest 12-May-2004 18:15
What a cool idea and shot! DUDE...NICE!
virginiacoastline12-May-2004 18:11
should have gone with B&W, David . .& then had chocolate syrup dripping from the picture (sick puppy . .sick, sick puppy)
Guest 12-May-2004 18:02
OH! Man you scared me! A friend of mine actually cut his finger on a guillotine! They put it back on BUT he never played violin again... nice idea though!
David Winge12-May-2004 17:52
Oooouch!! very cool shot.
Ian Chappell12-May-2004 17:51
I just showed this to "Her Indoors" - She didn't get it!
Scott Hopkins12-May-2004 17:47
OUCH!!!

Great Shot!
Lou Giroud12-May-2004 17:43
What a nightmare ..... to make a good shot.
Guest 12-May-2004 17:39
Wonderfully creative shot! Well done! My paper cutter has a blade that slides within a guide... much better for accident prone me!
Larry Ahern12-May-2004 17:03
As a guitar player my fingers won't stop tingling for days after seeing this. ugh!!!!
Robin Reid12-May-2004 17:02
What a hoot David ... creative shot.
Ray :)12-May-2004 17:02
It would have been more convincing with some ketchup....
jude12-May-2004 17:01
cool image.. horrifying thought. I'm glad I'm not the only one who "imagines" the unimaginable just be seeing an object. I also have the same reaction EVERY time I put food products in my blender and every time I insert the beaters on my mixer. Shivvvvver
Guest 12-May-2004 16:55
HAHAHAHA you had me fooled!
Guest 12-May-2004 16:48
Ouch! You will defnitely need some Band-Aids for that!! :) Neat shot, even if it is kinda scary!
Guest 12-May-2004 16:43
Freaky!!!!
Guest 12-May-2004 16:38
Owie! Great job David.
Linda Alstead12-May-2004 16:37
this gives me the shivers!