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Place: 5 out of 45 Avg (all users): 6.3571 Avg (commenters): 6.5000 Avg (participants): 6.0000 Avg (non-participants): 6.5208 Views since voting: 1554 Views during voting: 135 Votes: 70 Comments: 10 Favorites: 0
Congratulations on your high placing for a superb image very worthy of its position that fully meets the challenge
What a stunning image, I really like what you have done here, the high contrast mono works really well. I love the pure blacks throughout the image.
I'm intrigued by the lighting which I am assuming is behind and below, anyway it is well controlled and very effective. I fall into the camp that likes the squares breaking up the reflections, I think this element really adds hugely to the overall effect. It is far more effective than a straightforward pure one for one reflection, it gives us a vague feel for the battleground itself and it breaks the pieces up with such irregularity it adds real intrigue, I love it.
If I am going to be critical although the lighting works really well when I look closely it also brings out unwanted detail like the resin flow but in particular the seams on the rooks and the queen. I can visualise just how stunning this could be with a glass set with all the lovely effects the lighting would have on the glass and then those reflections, divine.
Creatively lit. A very striking high contrast image. What disappoints is the way the reflections are broken by what I assume to be the squares on the board. Nonetheless, nicely presented.
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