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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Proportion (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A70
Location: home sweet home
Date: Apr 27, 2004
Aperture: F/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Apr 27, 2004

This was shot in the last day of the competition, I woke up today and felt like taking a shot..
so here it is.
How this was done ? I took a wooden board, put it on the background - put the pieces on a glass table that reflected the light very well so you can see part of the pieces upside down, I had it full sized but it didn't look so good, so I cropped 'em off.
I accidently used flash in this shot so you can see a big difference in the colors, although it's the same.
Cropped, NeatImaged, Sharpened, added a border, Inverted colors and submitted.

Thanks to heida for her help & tips :)

Statistics
Place: 81 out of 290
Avg (all users): 5.4872
Avg (commenters): 6.8571
Avg (participants): 5.3306
Avg (non-participants): 5.6118
Views since voting: 1028
Votes: 273
Comments: 10
Favorites: 2 (view)


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05/05/2004 03:51:00 AM
Thanks for all the comments,
I'm not too disappointed with my place, it was only my 3rd challenge here and I learn a lot everytime I take a picture.
At least I'm happy some people liked it :)

Cheers.
05/05/2004 01:09:51 AM
83rd!!!!!!!! NO WAY!! jajaja. I guess this why I don't bet on horse races. Going to my favorites, just the same.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/04/2004 11:25:29 PM
Superb! love the colors the compostion, the great background, the reflections. Just a stunner...sign me up. Good luck! 10!

Message edited by author 2004-08-14 19:15:16.
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05/02/2004 06:51:50 PM
I've come to decide that this is the best in show. Good luck!!! I would crop out that tiny hint of the king that is visible tho the left of the center pawn. It's just a tad distracting. Of course that's not possible for the rules of this competition. Just something to think about if you plan to take this image farther. I would be entering everplace that I could find. Great shot. 10
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05/02/2004 04:41:45 PM
I love this one, the gentle gradation in the pawns especially attracts my eye. The kning just need something to give it that'zap' to bring it out a little more.
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04/29/2004 03:56:36 AM
How did you do it ???
lol : )
fair grade ? the image is a bit tilted, (use the 'sargel' tool in photoshop)
8
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04/28/2004 08:01:31 PM
interesting shot. you should have used a plain background

i still like it though
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04/28/2004 05:57:18 PM
This just doesn't do it for me. I think it might be the weird swirly blue background with the glowing spheres. I'm also not thrilled with the arrangment of the pawns in relation to the king.
04/28/2004 11:01:27 AM
I think this would be better if your lens was centered behind the middle subjects, giving leading lines that pointed towards the king (like you see on the left row of pawns). I'm not too sure about the coloring, either. The white line under the pieces is a little distracting, and I think the background could be "punched up" a little with a more saturated blue - perhaps a bit more exposure or a levels adjustment in Photoshop.
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04/28/2004 12:08:09 AM
I love the colors


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