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Chess player
Chess player
whiterook


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Challenge: Free Study XV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7
Lens: Konica Minolta 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 MZ
Location: Chatham
Date: Nov 5, 2006
Aperture: 3.4
ISO: 200
Shutter: .4 sec
Galleries: Snapshot, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Nov 5, 2006

 flash off Focal length 14.3 m self portrait

Statistics
Place: 500 out of 501
Avg (all users): 3.9444
Avg (commenters): 3.6667
Avg (participants): 3.9082
Avg (non-participants): 4.0217
Views since voting: 14614
Views during voting: 225
Votes: 144
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 05/07/2007 12:49:47 AM


Do you really play chess? I play quite often
at the Chessbase play server, with the Hiarcs 10
chess program. My Blitz rating is around 1500
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/14/2006 01:43:47 AM
Return to form
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/14/2006 12:50:19 AM
Well you messed up your streak of brown ribbons...you had something going there. I actually see a real honesty to this photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/08/2006 07:49:50 PM
I prefer real self portraits - not the fake and contrived ones most often seen here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2006 09:42:22 PM
The surrounding elements are too distracting for me. the two-liter bottles, the books, the vacuum cleaner, the bottle of honey, the cigarettes, these are all distracting from the main image of the player.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2006 07:57:08 PM
This might be better if the background wasn't so busy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2006 02:50:41 PM
too small, poor lighting, cluttered background ...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2006 07:10:06 AM
messy background
hot spot on forehead
chess board cut off in bottom of frame
head touching the top of the frame
photo tilted (for no compositional reason)
2
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/05/2006 05:53:22 PM
I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but this just seems like a snapshot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/03/2006 12:56:08 AM
This needs a lot of work both on it's setup, colorization, as well as the total image size.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/02/2006 07:41:17 PM
Cropping out or blurring of the background would have helped to focus this image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/02/2006 08:52:42 AM
interesting slice of life image. I even think the yellow cast works here to add to the mood.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2006 10:54:48 PM
maybe if the backround was black, it was a different perspective, and the lighting was different it might have done better.

Also, why are there like 10 coke bottles on the floor??
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2006 07:49:08 PM
HEhe...you always think of a chessplayer as someone sophisticated...nice concept.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2006 07:19:03 PM
Is that "Busch" beer. Ishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ;-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2006 05:29:20 AM
hehehe
The rook cometh
Nice kitchen
10
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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