Shot this on my coffee table..... just tossed the cards a few hundred times until i got the one i liked. Levels, USM some minor cloning, and a tiny crop.
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It's nicely captured motion blur, but ultimately the picture doesn't offer too much. It's too simple. Maybe if we had some chips, a beer, cigar, or some thing else for us to wander over with our eyes.
Edit to say I PROMISE I didn't read the comment below. It's just funny that we listed chips, a beverage, and a cigar in the same order.
First impression - Looks like it was shot on the floor.
This is a good idea that needed better execution. Had you set up the shot on a card table with some chips, drinks, ash trays with cigars, etc, this would have scored much higher IMO.
Picture this with the green felt of the table, a stack or 2 of chips and pile of chips in the middle, some smoke wafting through the air . . .
I can see a lot of potential with this idea.
Technically the shot is very strong. Nice motion blur and sharpness in the non-moving elements. Angle is good, so is the lighting.
All that is needed here is a little more time to set up the shot.
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