reminds me of a really bad community theater interpretation of a shakespeare play. nice background and "set" rather than lhaving your kitchen in the background like I would expect to see.
Nice use of black and white to bring the medieval look to the photo! Good detail and focus. Lighting is great! Very impressive entry into the challenge!
Nice use of shallow DOF to create real depth. Composition works well - particularly in terms of placement of diagonal sword and round sheild towards upper right third. 9