Springtime Chess Photo

Photographer’s Note

I took this today at Bitan/Green Lake just outside of Taipei. Today was a great day, not too hot and a nice cool breeze, at least to me. For a lot of the locals, they probably were complaining about the cold (mid 20s). Anyways, a good reason to catch up on some of my favorite subjects.

ISO 200, handheld, uncropped, 135mm focal length, normal PS processing.

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clodreno (0) 2004-06-15 10:35

Hi Darren, hello from Darjeeling .
This is a very nice image. I always love to see people playing. Well composed too.

maciekda (19587) 2004-06-15 10:40

very nice image Darren, nicely composed, a good moment and great expression, swhallow DOF, nicely done

Rinie_Hoff (9332) 2004-06-16 7:28

Hi Darren, I'm so impressed often by the way you render these old people, full of care, you want to portray them as beautiful as possible, maybe your nature to be a perfectionist, but somehow I feel so much respect. And maybe these are just my own feelings, when seeing your photo's, and I can't help it, but I really, really love them.

Burnham (2426) 2004-06-16 12:57

natural shallow DOF from a manual camera does beat the PS made ones :o) This is very good, the details in the mans face and on the chessboard are really nice, and this seems very candid, which I like ;o)