Be yourself, Be different, Stand out!
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Comment by ScottK:
Way to go, Danny! Putting that 300D to good use. :)

High Wire Cow
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Comment by jjbeguin:
Critique Club Time

Your Highness,

Congratulations on finding the appropriate book title for your entry!

It seems, though, that the excitement related to your new purchase has led you to show some uncustomary haste I your creation process.
At first glance, I see two �classic flaws� and an incongruity you could have avoided easily by:
1°) leveling your horizon (slanted horizons will invariably give a snapshot feel to a picture)
2°) placing you main subject in a more harmonious manner (this is debatable and certainly not an absolute rule but main subjects placed dead center in an open environment rarely enhance a composition.)
3°) moving one step ahead to by-pass the blurry grass patch hiding the cow�s reflexion in the foreground.

I think you will probably agree with me that this is not your most accomplished or well thought of shot and lets keep it at that.

Good luck with your new camera

JJ

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Comment by Allyrellia:
While I like the color and the focus, I think it would have been stronger in black and white. Very nice job though.

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Comment by lbWhaples:
This is a nice image, one of my top. Good choice focusing on the topic of your title. Your light source dramatically brings out the texture in the wooden board and pieces. My only criticism is that the tone is maybe a bit too warm.

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Comment by blindjustice:
Nice nice shot, I wish I had your camera with its focus trickery. This is a winner and a ten- you heard it from me first.

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Comment by piwoguy:
Technically this is an attractive image. In terms of content, it does seem to fall a little flat for me. The command to be an individual seems so much more thrilling than these chess pieces can allow for, and it's like you're almost reducing the ideal to something a little mundane. I think you can still use the chess pieces to spread that kind of message, but you'd have to make a more radical image - right now it's like trying to tell someone to "be unique" when the image itself looks like it's a stock photo for magazine ads. But don't get me wrong! it still does look good visually.

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Comment by dr rick:
Great lighting and perfect DOF.

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Comment by crabappl3:
Pleasing composition. I think the white pawn may be just a little too centered, but not overly. Good use of depth of field to draw the viewer to your main subject. 6 -danny

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Comment by La-Luna:
I like the idea and the message in this shot... very well excecuted

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Comment by ChrisW123:
Awesome. Everything is perfect here, great job.