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12/26/2006 05:52:43 PM |
| I like the composition, but I think this would be a lot stronger if the whole chess board were in the photo. I guess this could have a deeper meaning as a social statement as well - not sure if that was your intent. 6. |
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12/25/2006 11:02:49 AM |
The concept here isn't so bad. Besides the obvious interpretation of Us and Them that the chess board offers, there is also black verus white, male versus female, many against few, etc. So I think you started off with a decent concept.
Unfortunately your concept is then killed by a very poorly executed photograph.
First problem here is being able to see part of the table beneath the chess board in the upper right corner. That immediately screams "it's a sloppy shot and I just don't care".
I think the lighting could actually do ok as it is here. The way the shadows fall is sort of interesting, if they could be seen better. Increasing the contrast in the shot would help with this.
Focus is a big problem here. To me, you've not gone far enough with a limited depth of field. Either the white pieces should be more blurred or they should be in focus. Here, the foremost white pieces are just out of focus enough to look, well, out of focus. And not in a pleasing, fading-into-the-background sort of way. Just out of focus.
Angle this was shot at could also be changed and I think it would do the most towards really enhancing your shot as well as reinforcing the us verus the theme. If you got down a bit lower and shot this so the black king dominated the frame with a field of white enemies in the distance that would really look good. The angle used here just sort of looks like someone walked by a chess board and took a quick snapshot. Certainly any angle that hid the letters/numbers along the side of the playing area would be an improvement.
Again, I think you had a good idea here. You should spend some time shooting about a hundred different shots of it from different angles, change the lighting, change the setup of the pieces, etc. Find what really makes you go WOW and then that shot will probably make anyone else who looks at it go WOW as well. Well maybe. It is DPC after all heheh.
Good luck. |
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12/23/2006 04:02:39 PM |
| Straightening the horizon would help a lot -- I'm sure you'll get a lot of the same advice. |
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12/23/2006 02:07:43 PM |
| seems a little too "set up" or something, doesn't seem natural. Almost forced id say. Might have been cool if it was lined up perfectly, the lines that is. |
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12/23/2006 04:59:25 AM |
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12/22/2006 05:18:56 PM |
| I´d take out the rook on the left and threaten the queen if I was you :) |
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12/21/2006 03:53:29 PM |
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12/21/2006 01:08:39 PM |
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12/20/2006 11:58:52 PM |
| I like the subtle symmetry of this piece. Pun intended. |
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12/20/2006 06:54:37 PM |
| I like the concept but not sure about the blurring round the edges it makes my eyes hurt. Seems to focus on the centre piece too much. |
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12/20/2006 03:33:13 AM |
| Seems very bland and nothing much Floyd about this. A stretch on the title as well. |
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12/20/2006 03:05:40 AM |
| This doesn't look like a position that could ever actually occur in real play... looks like the Black King has been calling "forward" from the rear too many times and all the front ranks have died! |
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