Yeah! I really had to look for this illuminating chess pieces at a mall here in the Philippines just for this challenge.
Set-up:
I placed the chessboard on a glass top-side table for the reflections, a black illustration board for the background. In total darkness, I set my shutter speed at 30s initially before settling with 15s, f/11, ISO 400. Then I illuminated the pieces using a small penlight.
PP: color adjustment, unsharp mask, cropping and borders via Adobe Lightroom/CS3.
Statistics
Place: 19 out of 158 Avg (all users): 6.2154 Avg (commenters): 8.1667 Avg (participants): 6.3091 Avg (non-participants): 6.1786 Views since voting: 1198 Views during voting: 316 Votes: 195 Comments: 10 Favorites: 2 (view)
Brilliant shot Dennis.!!!!! Congrats on the Top20.
This is one shot I will try one of these days and you have set a fantastic benchmark for me to emulate.
Classy shot! I'm not a fan of the border, maybe because of its black sides, i think the top and the bottom would be enough! The light is great! You did a nice job there!
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.
