Mind Games: A game within a gameby
dpchallengerComment by dpchallenger: Thanks for the comments everyone. I'd just like to address a couple of them here:
- Alignment on cards was a little off because the cards were new and kept slipping. All my older decks were beaten up and dirty.
- Thumb was white from gripping for the same reason as above (i.e. cards kept slipping)...I had to hang on tight.
- Tried the picture without showing the thumb but, in my opinion, it didn't look as good.
- Title WAS a little obvious but looks like a couple of people didn't get it. In case you're one of the ones that didn't understand what it meant: You can't get much of a worse hand than this one but I'm betting on it anyways (i.e. sliding the chips into the betting pile) and trying to fool the opponent into thinking that I have a better hand than I do in hopes that they'll "fold" (i.e. quit and leave the winnings to me).
- Tried as hard as I could to get rid of the reflections but in order to light them as well as the betting pile I needed 2 lights. The first light had to be RIGHT OVER the camera otherwise I'd get heavy shadows on the thumb. I tried to diffuse the light with a pair of white track pants but it only partially worked.
- No one's holding the camera! :o I had it on a desktop tripod and used the timer after locking the focus and exposure. I had to slide my left arm under the tripod or else it looked like my hand was coming in too far from the left.
- The King and 4 ARE out of focus...once again, the cards were new so they were slipping. As I gripped tighter the cards started curving. Guess next time I should paperclip them together or something.
