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Knight in Shining Armour
Knight in Shining Armour
Twyla


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Single Light Source (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: On the deepfreeze
Date: Nov 13, 2005
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Portraiture, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Nov 15, 2005

Protecting all the dusty pawns
i took like 300 pics; you'd think i could come up with one that wasn't ... bad ...
you'd think.
oh well.
tools used: unsharp mask and curves
1. too much USM??
2. does the weird angle of the pawn in the foreground make it look .. off ... crooked, etc?
3. does the dust floating on the chess board detract? i dusted that thing every two seconds .. but still it was everywhere
4. overdone or cliche subject matter?

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 291
Avg (all users): 6.1307
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.9271
Avg (non-participants): 6.2353
Views since voting: 1527
Views during voting: 404
Votes: 283
Comments: 14
Favorites: 3 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/20/2005 01:59:58 PM
Very nice. Reflection makes the image. Some dust is highlighted on the board (don't you wish it was advanced editing? And if you could've shielded the pawn to the right even more from the light it would have been perfect. As it is, I still like it very much!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/18/2005 09:42:15 AM
this ches piece l0oks really nice. i like how it is almost transparent
11/17/2005 05:38:45 PM
Very nicely done.
11/17/2005 05:13:59 PM
wow, thats very cool...!!
11/17/2005 11:44:43 AM
beautiful chessreflection.
I like this picture
11/17/2005 08:30:29 AM
Simple but affective. I like the reflection in the glossy chessboard. I think I would have liked some color light better than white for this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/16/2005 11:55:26 PM
I like it a lot...
11/16/2005 06:12:47 PM
Great photograph and I love chess.
11/16/2005 09:34:01 AM
good use of light
11/16/2005 09:29:55 AM
so far ive seen two chess pictures. this one is the best. i love how one piece is light up so bright. good job.
11/16/2005 07:45:58 AM
love the reflection, looks much better than the actual piece. Negative space on the left is a bit distracting... as if something was missing
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/16/2005 01:15:01 AM
Great lighting, perpective and cropping.
Well done.
11/15/2005 09:37:40 PM
cool 8
11/15/2005 07:36:39 PM
Very cool.


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