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Challenge: Success II (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2008
Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Lens: Lensbaby 2.0
Location: Virginia
Date: Jun 17, 2008
Aperture: F1.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Jun 17, 2008

 PSP X2
- crop
- hist (0,1,220)
- NI
- resize
- usm (.50,100,10) +luminance
- noise reduction: S&P (1,1)
- color balance (5000 temp)
- hsl (ylw -40 sat)
- smart photo fix (15,5,-5,0,30)
- save as JPG

***** post challenge *****

Guess I should have titled it "Barack Obama"? :-) Maybe toss "Hillary Clinton" in there for good measure? He-he.

The concept was that Obama, the black King, triumphs over Hillary, the white queen, with a successful campaign. Their very powerful & successful spouses observe from a nearby spot in the game.


Statistics
Place: 64 out of 82
Avg (all users): 4.7366
Avg (commenters): 5.8333
Avg (participants): 4.1250
Avg (non-participants): 4.8636
Views since voting: 1142
Views during voting: 322
Votes: 186
Comments: 9
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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/25/2008 09:21:11 PM
Hehe, sorry, Barry. I really did think it was a whiterook. I wouldn't have scored it DNMC, but the technical deficiencies to me are the yellowishness (word?) and focus placement and composition. A for effort and clever concept though. :)
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/25/2008 03:29:41 PM
I didn't vote in this challenge, but (since you asked in the forums), without the title I see this as chess pieces in various stages of falling over. With the title I see this as a metaphor for Barack Obama falling over, i.e., being defeated (possibly after having defeated Hillary Clinton).

Forgetting metaphors, it's a nice photo of the black piece falling. The piece really stands out thanks to that lensbaby.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/23/2008 05:37:42 PM
Impressive that you captured the tilt of the piece.
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Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/21/2008 06:44:13 AM
The concept here is pretty funny- the joke may be more obvious if the king and queen pieces were more obviously king and queen for non-chess players. Very funny.
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 06/20/2008 06:52:09 PM
I wish the left side wasn't blurred.
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Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D
Konica Minolta AF 70-210mm f/4
 06/20/2008 06:24:47 PM
I'm struggling with the symbolism. The white queen is down. OK. The black king is falling? Or just leaning over to watch her go down?
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/20/2008 03:34:40 PM
lol.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 06/20/2008 11:56:57 AM
The focus seems a bit odd, I like the tilted piece.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 06/18/2008 12:16:37 PM
Neat photograph, I don't understand the title though.
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