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No Where To Go
No Where To Go
DonkerDink


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Challenge: Stationary (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 4300
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
Date: Jun 28, 2006
Aperture: 1:3.1
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1.0s
Galleries: Still Life, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 28, 2006

 The Black King is in Checkmate and therefore cannot move.

Statistics
Place: 174 out of 284
Avg (all users): 4.9712
Avg (commenters): 5.4545
Avg (participants): 4.7639
Avg (non-participants): 5.0809
Views since voting: 664
Views during voting: 290
Votes: 208
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/11/2006 02:17:27 PM
nice "execution" on a great concept :o) 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/11/2006 11:00:33 AM
Clever idea!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/11/2006 12:25:49 AM
Nice composition, I think you did well with a difficult dynamic range.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/10/2006 01:36:54 PM
Interesting concept
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/10/2006 04:31:18 AM
Seems too dark
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/09/2006 11:29:32 PM
Very cool lighting and composition. And extremely good story telling
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/09/2006 02:05:43 PM
I like what you were trying to do with this one.
I am a big fan of narrow dof, but in this case, having lost focus on the pieces in the foreground, you've over-exposed the piece in the background, and left the viewer with nothing much to focus on, if you'll pardon the pun.
The remaining highlights in this image (white squares and black piece light reflections) are too dark, and too close to the shadow levels to provide any real contrast or "pop", to the photo.
So, in all, it comes across as flat with no real attention grabber.
It was a well thought out idea lacking some technical finishing.
Better luck next time!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2006 01:50:41 PM
larger DOF would be nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/07/2006 09:32:27 AM
The out of focus King almost made me miss that it was in checkmate. The distance between the White Queen and the Black King, along with the emphasis created by the lighting doesn't sell the "No where to go" concept. Nice attempt but falling just a tad short. 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/06/2006 07:58:03 PM
Great idea but it would have come off better if the forground was not so blurred.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/06/2006 06:15:38 AM
Good! Maybe some light on the king will give more confront.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/06/2006 04:58:45 AM
Cute idea. The image seems a little soft (not sharply focused), and too dark.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/06/2006 12:56:02 AM
Good lighting of the queen. Though I don't know who can be stupid enough to checkmate themselves! :p
 07/05/2006 10:24:25 PM
Little low on detail, like the idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2006 11:16:04 AM
Cool idea, I like it except maybe the queen is too white
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