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by chugginrail

Comment by yourbuddyjhawk:
The dark shades pull the failure idea together.

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Comment by ericwoo:
Just a bit too dark and noisy. A little neat image would have improved upon this image. Nice idea and well composed.

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Comment by BrianR:
fits the challenge,like the color....7

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Comment by Plachoochi:
Neat grainy picture. Well done.

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Comment by cutlassdude70:
I like the concept, but the pieces seem a bit blurry to me (and have a noticeable amount of noise) and the light seems a bit too harsh (and warm). I would have liked it better if I could see more detail on the pieces and if the lighting was closer to white light (a little colder, almost blue).

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Comment by rjkstesch:
Beautiful lighting. I really like this chess shot.

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Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Chugginrail :)

Since you didn't provide any details of your own on this photo, my critique will be short and simple...

I do see the 'rhythm' in the repeating patterns in this photo. However, I think the composition would be much stronger if you had tilted the camera to create some diagonals. The image would be more dynamic that way.

The lighting here doesn't work for me. The highlights are too bright for the theme, as I see it.

John Setzler

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Comment by Lilhoop:
the light source in the middle takes away from the leaf

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Comment by Bud:
Nice use of lighting and DOF to emphasis the subject.

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Comment by santos:
good composition