Tone choice is nice, looks good in black and white.
I find the most compelling portion of the image to be the design of the chess pieces. To that end I think a DOF that showed all of the pieces in detail would be preferrable to the single chess piece. I catch myself straining to try and make out exactly what the other pieces look like. Perhaps if the focused piece were a bit more central it'd make a difference in my perspective.
Speaking of perspective, I do like the feeling that I'm inside the game with pieces all around, much better than if you'd simply gone for the full chess board shot that is done often.
Over all a fairly clean image, could use something to make it pop a bit more, though I'm not sure what. 6 |