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David to Goliath, "Checkmate!"
David to Goliath, "Checkmate!"
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Challenge: Shallow DOF (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Olympus C-5050Z
Location: My bedroom, aka my bootleg studio
Date: Feb 8, 2004
Aperture: F2.0
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/1 sec
Date Uploaded: Feb 8, 2004

 Not much to this shot in the digital darkroom. I had to do a bit a cloning to add more picture above the king piece. Other than than, cropped, added a border then resized.

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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 02/11/2004 06:55:08 PM
Chess with a twist! The tones and colors here really get me excited. your DOF works well to isolate the pawn as the check-mating element. 9
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Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta AF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
 02/09/2004 09:50:34 PM
You have one beautiful chess set there. Great use of DOF to highlight the triumphant pawn, and nice lighting overall.
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