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Challenge: Backlighting II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Tiny Tabletop Studio
Date: Jan 10, 2006
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2sec
Galleries: Studio, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2006

 A really dusty, scratched and cheap glass chess set I picked up in a souvenir shop. I wish the quality of this shot would've been better, but I've already lost a whole night for a lousy 50th? place...

Gotta be optimistic though. Lighting setup was simple, two desk lamps, one pointed at the horsies, the other at the background on the left. Getting them to stop falling over was the hard part.

I hope people enjoy voting on this, I sure know I spent a lot of time on it. Cheers and thanks for all the fish.

P.S. Ah yes. Out of curiosity, I checked the date and time on the original RAW. It says 1/11/2006 6:26:14 AM. I immediately checked the camera, it showed 1/10/2006 23:56:01 PM which corresponds to the time on my PC. Figures that would happen to me after all that work. Oh well, if I get DQ'ed, at least I'll know what score I'd have gotten...

Statistics
Place: 125 out of 324
Avg (all users): 5.4128
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1622
Avg (non-participants): 5.5615
Views since voting: 1063
Views during voting: 385
Votes: 298
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/17/2006 05:32:42 PM
Interesting, indeed. I think it would be a more powerful composition if you moved the frame ever-so-slightly down and left to put the knights in a more eye-catching position. Very nice job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/15/2006 03:20:40 PM
I really like this photo, in that I like how you've highlighted the intricacies of the chess pieces, but I'm not to sure about the setup.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/13/2006 03:21:13 PM
Great lighting here. I also love the ice blue color in the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/12/2006 08:31:10 PM
I like this composition very much - it works especially well with the backlighting. It might look even better if the horizontal lines on the board matched up with the horizontal of the photo, and I'd not crop it quite so tight - include the bases of the knights in the foreground.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/12/2006 02:41:47 PM
Run out of ideas?
 01/12/2006 12:25:40 AM
Nice, a 7
 01/11/2006 07:18:28 PM
Cropped a little too much on the bottom I think.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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