Challenge:Square Crop (Advanced Editing IV) Camera:Kodak Z740 Location: Clevedon, N Somerset, England Date: Mar 4, 2006 Aperture: 2.8 ISO: 140 Shutter: 1/64 Galleries:Still Life Date Uploaded: Mar 4, 2006
IMO, because it was a square crop contest, the dividing lines on chessboard could have been perpindicular/parallel to the crop, to me would give greater impact in this challenge
I recognise this chess set! Hmmm... could be wrong tho! This is a little out of focus, and would benefit from an adjustment of brightness/contrast (-10/+20 would be my preference)
the flash is too harsh here and makes the colours look bland. A view from the top could have worked better here, and instead of just having the horse and king, you could "check mate" the whole thing by surounding the king with all the other pieces. That would have made the picture more interesting i think. Also, focus; not sharp enough
Something abpit the image quality seems poor to me, like the focus is off or something. Maybe if this was shot at more of an angel with some shallow DOF.
This would score better with me if _either_ the squares on the board were lined up perpendicularly to the sides of the photo _or_ they were placed on a much steeper diagonal. As it stands, it simply looks a little sloppy. Also, a slightly lower angle would help give this more interest, and help isolate the pieces from the board.
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