Whitish knight

da haben ja schon zwei an Schach gedacht und ganz verschieden umgesetzt. Sehr spannend. Ich mag hier die Perspektive total!

Yes, I noticed =) Chess has always been one of my favorite photography topics. I am not much keen to play the game, but I for example like to read about it.

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Danke schön, Chrissy =)

vraiment excellent, en particulier l'angle de tir !! objectif rempli

Merci beaucoup, Dan =)

Die Tiefe im Bild gefällt mir... und vor allem wäre
es mal etwas ganz anderes für die FrontPage...
ich würde es auf jeden Fall einreichen.

Danke schön, Katja =)

parfaitement dans les exigences : 16/9 et 1600x901 ,
respect de l'organisation
le sujet me plait
mais la couleur des pièces ne convient pas : ceci est relatif , question de goût .
:)))

Merci beaucoup, Ghislaine =)

Well the color of the pieces is authentic (carved out of some stone).

P.S. The title and size fixed =D

Je sais que la couleur est authentique , mais cette couleur me gêne pour ce type d'image IP : j' imaginerai une couleur moins sophistiquée …
:)

Je ne sais pas maitriser les tailles , je me suis contentée du 16/9 pour mon image …
:/

Then it is probably better not to submit this at Frontpage group. Thank you for the feedback =)

I can always make a retake with another set of chess pieces ;-)

C'est toi qui décide , chacun voit différemment …
:-))

Or I can just submit it and leave it up to Frontpage group admin to decide ;-)

Oui , tu sauras ainsi , si tu souhaites travailler à nouveau dans ce sens , comment opérer .

very well done my friend:)
Happy MM

love it

Thank you, Annemarie =)

Oh la la !!! Here we can see that you a a pro, Sami !!! Gorgeous capture with a perfect compositon for the frontpage theme !!!!!!

Thank you, Marie-claire.

Except I am not ;-)

And usually I don't see this much trouble to arrange, photograph and edit the image. I trust more on intuition and luck =D

Wow, makes my homemade set up of hand held and craft light look completely amateurish. Wonderful result Sami!

Thank you, Maggs =)

Well, this is exceptional for me =D I usually don't put so much effort on a single shot.

Wunderbar, Sami und das Making of zeigt die Größe! Da gibt es sicherlich überhaupt nichts zu meckern!
Viele Grüße!

Danke schön, Ruesterstaude.

And also a great one for the Frontpage from you Sami... Well done!!

Greetz, Christien.

Excellent choice for the Macro Challenge and the Frontpage, Sami!

Parfaitement adaptée au challenge du jour.

Great shot and interesting perspective - thank you for showing us the making of, Sami !

classy image Sami

Are you going to play chess online with Frank (Bonsaï59)???LOL!

I don't dare! =D I am pretty sure I would loose immediately =)

I have played chess only few times in 1990s. But in general the chess interests me visually and also historically.

I am not a pro for technical details.... but with my cams f/11 would not give such a DOF... I think.
You've put a white screen on the right side to reflect some additional light I guess...
I love the result, the colours of the stone pieces contrasting with the BW board, for me it would be perfect for IMA but I am no one to decide such thing. I would try to submit it to them...

On Canon G5X "one inch" sensor camera f/11 is the smallest aperture. It is pretty much the same as f/22 on larger format cameras. It is physically very small, and therefore gives very extensive depth of field. And yes, I used white screen on right. But I kept the main source of light on left to emphasize the idea that the "dark side" black chess pieces are somewhere on right.

P.S. I have now lightened the highlights, thanks to feedback that Ghislaine gave. On another computer I truly realized the image was too dark in general.

I don't remember it as being too dark and my screen is pro-calibrated, (I have a person re-checking it for me every two months)... I don't remember how it was exactly but now I see burnt white zones on the left side of your horse...

There was some blown out edge already. It didn't got much larger/wider after increasing the light on chess pieces =)

Love it, the black background, the composition....and a subject we haven't yet seen on the frontpage!

works great on the black background, nice dof and the chessboard I always liked in a picture, should try it sometimes myself

Very well composed image, Sami!

Excellent, good work
Have a nice evening

Danke, Bernhard =)

great close-up :)

Interesting to see your setup, Sami. I'm afraid I have no answer to your question!

Here's a tip ;-)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_opening

Your picture has been finalised now.
It will be taken into the winter collection for the new frontpage,
if you give your OK directly underneath the processed picture, please:
www.ipernity.com/doc/team/47339832

Cheers! =)

Hab mir das zweite Bild noch einmal angeschaut. Mir fällt da nur auf, dass das Pferd nicht von dem richtigen Feld ausgegangen ist