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Comment by Bebe:
Looked again & saw the knife! I suspect that many will not. It's a good image; the reflection is too perfect to make it clear that there's a knife in there.

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Comment by hopelessoptimist:
This was tricky to figure out. Love the colors.

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Comment by Caltrop:
I think people are not going to get this one! What a great shot. Very Georgia O'keefe - this is my favorite so far - 10

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Comment by conglett:
Unfortunately, I fail to see the relevance to Metal...

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Comment by basia03:
Metal?

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Comment by Artifacts:
B&W is a good choice for the darkness challenge topic. Perspective is fine. Including the piece shadow is a nice touch. Greys are generally OK and you have a good black point set. Many images do not have good black points set in this challenge.

Compositionally there seems to be a lot of wasted space left and right of the chess pieces that could be removed from the composition.

The biggest issue with this image that will hold the score back is the focal plane. This image is focused on the far wall. A common problem with autofocus cameras is they sometimes focus where you don't want them to. That appears to be the case here. Even if done purposely most voters will think it is a focusing error. The queen, which occupies the dominent position in the frame, is not in proper focus. A confusion for the viewer is that the king, which is better focused but is located right behind the queen. The viewer has to study the image too hard to figure that out. That may have been your intention but most viewers will not "get it" if it is and score it lower because of it.

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Comment by _Io_:
Did you mean to have the focal point so far back? Centring on the rooks and ensuring the white piece was in focus, whilst defocusing the background would have made this more interesting. Also, cropping the left hand side would bring the shadow slightly more into the centre. 6

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Comment by mesmeraj:
i find the panels distracting. I am facinated by the blur on the stanalone chess piece. a shadow?

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Comment by TheStick:
Angle seems a little off. I'd like to see the black king pc a little better.

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Comment by Bebe:
I like the concept, but found the panelling in the back distracting.