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Mercury by David Kong

Postby ace of kev » Dec 16th, '05, 18:31



I love this trick :D

http://media.putfile.com/Mercury34

All comments welcome :D

Oh, and please have a look at my site. It's only got the one vid on it so far, but I'm very pleased with the layout.

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Postby Mahoney » Dec 16th, '05, 21:07

Hey that was really cool! Was a bit hard to follow at first due to the camera but was still great :)

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Postby Demitri » Dec 16th, '05, 21:50

The angle of the camera made "something" a bit more noticeable, but your handling was fine.

You need to be a bit more casual with the business end of your ascanio spread. It's not bad, and the angle of the camera plays an important part in how this is seen, but still think about relaxing your right hand a bit. Also, once you have the cards aligned properly, you can even take your right hand away, making the spread look really clean and fair.

Overall, great work! One question, though. Is this the actual handling for Mercury?

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Postby katrielalex » Dec 17th, '05, 00:59

I like it ;)...

I agree with the comments on your Ascanio spread though - it could be just a tiny bit neater and taking your right hand off is a good touch...

Only big problem for me was the music :twisted:. When we were staying for a family reunion in Santa Cruz the room had a talking fish that played that song - by the end of the week we were all thoroughly fed up with it!

:evil::twisted:

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Postby Murtagh55 » Dec 18th, '05, 11:15

I think that the presentation could be a teeny bit better but take that as constructive criticism. :lol: :lol:

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Postby ace of kev » Dec 18th, '05, 20:51

Thanks for all of the comments :D

My camera is crappy, but I am hoping to get a Video Recorder thingy (or a PSP, but that won't let me film anything :P) for christmas.

Demitri, That is the actual handeling for Mercury (But I didn't need to buy it to figure out how it works):D

I will work on my Ascanio spread some more

Thanks guys :D

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Postby Kryzal » Dec 19th, '05, 01:52

ace of kev wrote:Thanks for all of the comments :D

My camera is crappy, but I am hoping to get a Video Recorder thingy (or a PSP, but that won't let me film anything :P) for christmas.

Demitri, That is the actual handeling for Mercury (But I didn't need to buy it to figure out how it works):D

I will work on my Ascanio spread some more

Thanks guys :D


Believe in yourself, my young friend, passionately! Do not ask opinions! That's all - make of it what you will.

Your friend

Kryzal x

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Postby ace of kev » Dec 19th, '05, 17:35

I do believe in myself, but I need to make it look believable to ther people.

So I need opinions to get better, good and bad :wink:

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Postby rcarlsen » Dec 19th, '05, 18:54

The trick itself is very good. His dvd is pretty nice as well, with alot of good pointers, alternative ways to perform it, set it up, and end the trick.

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Postby ace of kev » Dec 19th, '05, 22:55

I didn't buy it, I just figured it out, but it sounds good :D

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Postby Sebigboss » Jan 23rd, '06, 18:12

ace of kev wrote:I didn't buy it, I just figured it out, but it sounds good :D


I haven't bought it either, because Ellusionist can't deliver the DVD to the part of Germany I'm living in.... :'( But i figured it out.. but I'm hanging at one special "movement"... if you know the trick, you maybe know what I mean... I don't want to get into detail, becuase I don't want to spoil the trick :'(

But you did an amazing job, the Ascanio spread is very nice done!

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