For the family
by chugginrail

Comment by snowleopard10101:
It's not quite sharp
5

For the family
by chugginrail

Comment by quickpik:
I found it difficult to discern the exact nature of the pleasure aspect.

For the family
by chugginrail

Comment by mist:
Very dark. I can't really tell what she's doing.

For the family
by chugginrail

Comment by piaffe529:
out of focus to me.

For the family
by chugginrail

Comment by riccardino:
I find it a bit too dark and confused

broken pre-wheel
by chugginrail

Comment by pamelasue:
a bit out of focus and the highlights are a bit blown out ...

I lost
by chugginrail

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Nice depth of field use and great focus on the main portion of the image. I think a touch of neat image or noise ninja would have helped out a great deal.

Lighting: Excellent, moody lighting that really adds to the sense of failure that you nicely portrayed. I think that it is just a little too dark, which also magnifies some of the noise.

Composition/Content: Your composition in addition to your lighting provide several leading elements that pull the viewer all around the frame. From the foreground pieces to the small highlights on the background pieces, all elements flow very nicely together.

My Opinion: I think this one should have done a bit better, but the voters need vibrancy or a portrait from a third world country to give high scores. I like the idea, and I think that it was the most well-executed of those with similar ideas.

Eric

I lost
by chugginrail

Comment by MTPixels:
Nice image and I like the concept and composition. This may have worked better with some lighting coming from a 45 degree angle rather than the nearly 90 degrees it appears to be. This would give at least some detail to the chess piece in the right foreground.

I lost
by chugginrail

Comment by Ken:
Great idea for the challenge. I would have preferred to see a little more color.

I lost
by chugginrail

Comment by bodhisatva:
Awesome