I wanted to incorporate an aspect of the human I captured and in this case it is his passion, good competitive chess. I could have gone other traditional routes and actually had many to choose from. But this one continually spoke to me, both compositionally and in relation to subject
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I like it how the black players are in the shadow and the white in the light! (Evil and Good)
Why is a part of the sunglasses missing on the right side? I think it would even be better with them all in the picture.... Good luck 6
Nice natural pose. I find that the reflection of the chess board is a bit distracting, but in another sense, it is interesting. It just detracts from his nice face a bit. The skin tones seem just a touch too yellow - maybe a little desat of yellow and an upping of a bit of red might help. Overall - nice. 7
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