Playing chess in Central Park!

Great shot!, or, photographically, good move!

Great capture,love it!

 

Shuki

I thought"Lonely game in the life with our oposites- like chess".Black and white is nice,like elements of the chess" nice composition.I love a lot.best regards.

It makes me wonder, not really on the chess itself, but on the chess of Life, and the self motivations behind each one of us. A sort of meaning of life?!?!!... Or maybe I'm dreaming :-) Anyway... It touched me!

 

Congrats.

I am glad that you like it, I thought that it was also a very good image, especially in B & W.

 

Thanks again for your comments as always.

 

Ciao.

Marco: Muy buen ambiente captado aqui. Te sugiero un recorte de manera que la mirada del jugador nos dirija al tablero. A ver que opinas!

La tuya me gusta en que tu dices. Pero te digo, en la mia, aun que la tabla este un poco alejana, yo queria expresar la totalidad del hombre especialmente en la forma del brazo en relacion a su cuerpo en un sentido simetrico. Las dos me gustan mucho. Gracias para ofrecerme una buena alternativa artistica.

 

Marco

come to think of it...i never played chess in the sun ...without my shirt and only shorts...i guess it must be really enjoyable and pleasurable...i will try this one day with my old man...

 

very powerful image..shows the real pleasures of life...

Great street shot! I prefer the original composition to the suggested crop. It seems to me though that he was almost sleeping over the chess board...=) Regards, Alex

Great capture. I like the original one much better. It gives a hint of the environment.

A nice sentimental shot Marco, the towel is a little distracting, I'd be tempted to try darken it or clone it out. Love the shot though.

Me gusta mucho esta foto, mejor sin el recorte.

En mi opinion Marco, un corte o se hace o no se hace... no seas timido en cortar (a porder ser con la camara). La rodilla da impresion de munnon. Y la craneotomia... :) El recorte de Mau es correcto. Las fichas estan sobre expuestas. :) Metete mas con la camara. Ademas que tendras un zoom con lo cual es mas facil. :)

A mi me gusta el corte que tiene porque el juego de los brazos es muy bonito. Es cierto que las fichas estan un poco sobreexpuestas. Has intentado corregirlo con PS???. Me parece muy acertada la idea del BN.

Me gusta la cara de pensativo que tiene el hombre mirando el trablero.... y bien elegido el BN.

Particularmente la prefiero sin el recorte. Esta perfecta. Muy, pero que muy buena, Marco

The man was playing chess in Central Park, and his concentration and

his pose I thoughtwere very interesting. The only change was to B & W

from a color Ektachrome slide.

 

Your comments and critiques are greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in Advance.

I like it! :-) Michael

very good shoot , a reminder to sunny days

I am glad that you like it,from you is such a great compliment. It was a verry sunny, summer day, and the color photo is more representative of it, but the B & W, I though was a better image.

 

Thanks again.

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This is a great shot, Marco! I love the posture and the "heat" of the situation. I also like your cropping as its tightness intensifies the drama. My only negative is the lack of detail in the whites which cause some distraction. Perhaps you can fix that by adjusting the levels. I wouldn't touch anything else. Keep up the great portraiture work!

Thanks again for your interest and I will try to correct the details on the whites. Again, it is always a pleasure to hear from you and for your very helpful suggestions.

 

Best regards.

 

another wonderful portrait.am glad you switched it to b&w.