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dunnewold


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Challenge: Black and White in Color (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: a chessboard
Date: Jul 25, 2006
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.5s
Galleries: Black and White, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jul 25, 2006

 My first color challenge entry and there are no colors. I have a similar onein my portfolio. I think this one is better, but I still wasn't able to get quite what I wanted. (Very difficult to get everything lined up just right)

post challenge:
thank you everyone for my highest score so far and for all the comments!

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 263
Avg (all users): 6.4031
Avg (commenters): 7.6471
Avg (participants): 6.5667
Avg (non-participants): 6.3155
Views since voting: 1660
Views during voting: 389
Votes: 258
Comments: 23
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 08/06/2006 01:43:41 PM
congrats on the top 15 finish!
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 08/02/2006 12:29:42 AM
B and W faceoff. Cool composition. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/01/2006 11:59:39 PM
I love it.. well done.
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 07/31/2006 11:40:12 PM
Clever idea.
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 07/31/2006 10:30:40 AM
Too little contrast but a great fresh idea.
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 07/31/2006 09:57:27 AM
Great idea....
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 07/30/2006 02:12:06 PM
i usually dont like these types of shots but this one is exceptionally nice.
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 07/30/2006 12:05:24 PM
did you experiment with different levels of DOF? seems it might have benefitted from a bit more. nitpicking but the dividing line does not quite match up to the board. all in all I like the concept.
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 07/29/2006 08:54:56 PM
Very nice shot!
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 07/29/2006 01:19:42 PM
This meets the challenge. It's a good photo. I'm just tired of seeing photos of chess pieces.
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 07/28/2006 01:35:29 PM
great job here! definite 10!
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 07/28/2006 12:53:23 PM
So far this is my number 1 Pic. Awesome job!
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 07/28/2006 07:15:06 AM
Me likey! 10
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 07/27/2006 05:32:35 PM
Nicely done. Good use of negative space and capturing the reflections. 8
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 07/27/2006 03:21:39 PM
9- great composition, incredible idea, love the picture
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 07/27/2006 02:31:29 PM
Nicely done.
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 07/26/2006 11:27:43 PM
Like the concept and execution ... well done
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 07/26/2006 11:09:34 PM
Lotta chess pieces in this challenge... I like this one though.
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 07/26/2006 08:07:05 PM
Excellent composition :) 10
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 07/26/2006 12:20:33 PM
Crop off a little of the left side of the image. Otherwise, it looks great.
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 07/26/2006 01:57:52 AM
There will be plenty of chess pieces in this challenge, I'm sure. but this is nicely done.

The perspective of the chess-board is well executed, with a narrow depth of field to make the board blur towards us. The reflections of the pieces works well, too.

I might've tried cropping some off the top, and maybe reframing to make for one-third/two-third split of back vs white, rather than three-quarters/one quarter. Nitpicking, though - overall it works well.
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 07/26/2006 01:07:33 AM
I love the humor here; there is a sense of play, of conversation, of him and her. Pity the white background in the upper right has visible gradation lines. Still, this one just makes me smile, so it's my favorite.
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