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Challenge: Black and White in Color II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Home
Date: Feb 26, 2008
Aperture: 6.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: .59sec
Galleries: Black and White, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Feb 26, 2008

 The lighting again was very tricky. the chess board is made out of paper placed on a coffee table under glass so I could get the reflection. The moon is also paper taped against a black sheet. The stars are small drops of glitter glue. A little adjustment to the contrast and all the glare lines went away.

I had a very hard time getting the light to illuminate the black queen. This is the best I could do.

Unsharpen mask, Size for web. Fun project.


Statistics
Place: 87 out of 249
Avg (all users): 5.7243
Avg (commenters): 7.2857
Avg (participants): 5.5750
Avg (non-participants): 5.8134
Views since voting: 941
Views during voting: 326
Votes: 214
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/19/2008 09:11:38 AM
Wow! I think that this image was horribly underrated! Terrific concept and execution! The cropping/composition to get the complete reflections is just superb!
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 03/05/2008 10:13:59 AM
I think that this photo has been a bit underrated
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/03/2008 02:17:04 PM
Rather than adding to it i think the moon in the background and the resulting reflection actually take away from the image - often simplicity in this type of photo is better than trying for "more". dropped a point there from my (already above average) score :(
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 03/02/2008 07:36:13 PM
cool reflections
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 03/01/2008 10:23:07 PM
ok ok I concede... How did you do it? Very well done!
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 02/28/2008 12:05:28 PM
very creative
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 02/28/2008 08:23:45 AM
nice composition, I enjoy the reflection in the board. Interesting choice to use space as a backdrop, it sets your shot apart from other chess board shots I have seen.
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 02/27/2008 06:24:29 AM
Nice well set up shot, great capturing the reflection of the moon on the board
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 02/27/2008 05:54:11 AM
great reflections
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 02/27/2008 05:40:22 AM
very creative
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