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    A King In His Castle

    For me, I prefer #1. Possible oversaturation alert? I used contrast in the first as opposed to the saturation in the second. Slightly different shots.

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    Re: A King In His Castle

    I prefer the first shot, maybe crop out a bit of the top. Overall, a nice shot. I would love to see what it would be like if lit from under the board.
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    Re: A King In His Castle

    shot 1.
    The knight on the opposing side is mis-placed as is the queen and king.
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    Re: A King In His Castle

    good catch on the king and queen, but the knight is in the correct spot.

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    Re: A King In His Castle

    I like your approach here. definitely shot one for me also. I agree with Frog about fixing the misplaced pieces. I think the DOF works very well here so does the nice wooden texture. I like the overall look of it. I think i would've preferred it more had the background been more to the darker brown as in the top right corner.
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    Re: A King In His Castle

    That is caused by the lampshade. I'll see if I can make happen what you're talking about. Light the board the same way but not light the wall. Maybe some kind of diffusor/reflector on the backside of the lamp to block the wall.
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    Re: A King In His Castle

    The black(dark knight) on opposite side is the one mis-placed. You have it next to the queen.
    Nothing to do with quality of photo but will drive chess players nuts.
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    Re: A King In His Castle

    I am going to offer this, the first shot with the light going diagonal across the wall works for me. If you had some one sitting there the right side of the person would be highlighted.
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    Re: A King In His Castle

    the knight has moved from its starting position (g8) to the sixth row (f6) as the third move of the modified, or option, depending on what circles you run in, fiancetto. the bishop comes from f8 to g7 on the second move after the telltale opening g7-g6.

    the king/queen is driving me nuts. as much as I like this photo, I think I'm going to have to do it again. I used to play a lot of chess as a kid through high school, pretty successfully, but like most hobbies, I quit when it became tedious and not about the fun of it anymore. in retrospect, it has had quite an influence on the way I operate, and I'm glad I was smart enough to get out of the hobbies I did when I did. the one I have stayed in, cars, constantly drains the wallet in amounts ten times that of guys buying EOS 1D's and L lenses. it is still a bit fun, though...
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    Re: A King In His Castle

    ok....srry.....I kept looking at the second photo and dof made it a bit confusing on the far side. I thought it was on f8
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