I've Seen All Good People
by KickDrum5150

Comment by smellyfish1002:
I bought a glass chess set about two months ago to do shots like this. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but when I do, I hope I can come up with something this nice! Your lighting is perfect. No hotspots, no shadows, just the right amount of subtle reflections. I believe in the whole good vs evil in the world and I like the way you used frosted white chess pieces to represent 'all good people.' The only things I can think of to improve would be to crop tighter on the right side to exclude the partial pawn. I like the cropping on the left side pawn because it feels 'contained' but there is too little of the pawn on the right and it seems a little cut off. I would also play around with the saturation of the yellows to reduce the yellowish brown thin band behind the pieces to the left at the edge of the board. These two points are fairly minor (actually the yellowish band is pretty much nit-picking). I like this image and give it a 9!
Smellyfish1002

I've Seen All Good People
by KickDrum5150

Comment by kiwiness:
Nice shot, good reflections. I am anxious to know what you did in the post processing.

Suspended Christmas
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Comment by mcrael:
Beautiful capture and colors.

Suspended Christmas
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Comment by nathaliedoo:
Nice picture! Love the intensity, colors and crispy lights

Suspended Christmas
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Comment by Malokata:
Does look like a Christmas tree - this picture is strangely aesthetically pleasing. Nice use of negative space.

Suspended Christmas
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Comment by Azrifel:
Like the composition and colors. Good DOF, exposure etc.
The background is a bit empty, but that also focusses attention to the bridge.
When it is doing bad in the challenge, it is perhaps that is was a bit hard to see that the central line of light was caused by cars passing. I only saw that the second time.
Good photo.

Suspended Christmas
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Comment by dexter2:
awesome picture, think it would of been more appealing with the cars light on closer to the bottom and lose the walkway. just a thought

Suspended Christmas
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Comment by Davenit:
This is my highest vote this week. I really like everything about it. Nice comp, color and sharpness...