Black is checkmated (or clear)
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Comment by senor_kasper:
Not yet, unless there is another piece covering the rook

Black is checkmated (or clear)
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Comment by amandalore:
nice take on the original, it must have been hard to get enough lighting on the board without blowing out the pieces, I'm wondering if you could've tried lighting from below the board with a little bit of light from above. the only other nitpicky thing would be that the glass is dusty. I tried messing around with this in photoshop and it has real potential - I would try converting to b&w and using dodge/burn to even out the lighting, and selective highlighting on the squares to get rid of dust, darken black squares and lighten white squares. this is a very good start, good luck in the challenge

Black is checkmated (or clear)
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Comment by dtremain:
Huh? K x R

Black is checkmated (or clear)
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Comment by kleski:
either way this is a better photo than the original "whiterook" one, tiles look grainy but I think they were made that way, solid would have been better

Black is checkmated (or clear)
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Comment by h2:
better than the original, but the perspective looks skewed. from a lower POV you had also avoided some of the distracting reflections

African Crowned Crane
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Comment by Alexgio:
Nice shot, Wish you could have gotten the whole bird in there.

African Crowned Crane
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Comment by spiritodifirey:
The objective of the shoot is met very nicely. The bird taking up the whole photo guides your eye all the way across.

African Crowned Crane
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Comment by Jason_Cross:
Very cool it never seen one of these flying before.

African Crowned Crane
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Comment by JulietNN:
Very good shot, you have nailed this challenge 9

Reflecting on Classic Movies
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Comment by bobonacus:
Nice idea and great title