LAST LINE OF DEFENSE

"Hold the ground men! I know they are stronger, that their royalty is protected by their best knights, that both towers are manned, that their doublestores are in the font lines, and you are nothing but a handful of peasants, and they can see through our defense, but we won't give up. We will never surrender!
FREEDOM!!!!"

A coworker has this nice chess set that looked like an interesting photo subject. First I tried to put my flesh under the board, but each piece had a black piece of cloth at the bottom, so I couldn't get the effect I wanted. So, I flipped the whole thing around. Instead of holding a camera I left it on the shelf, aiming at the chess board, because I knew exactly what angle I wanted for this photo - low enough to make it interesting, but still high enough to show the whole board. I used my wireless remote control to actuation, and focused on providing good light. The winning combination was holding a flashlight straight above the board, while shading the back side with my hand so the background can stay in the shade. A big poster was used as a seamless background, allowing shadow to form softly behind the board.
Later, I desaturated the whole photo to remove any color casting, removed dirt specks and increased the contrast to make it punchier.

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Видео сам код колеге ову лепу шаховску таблу у канцеларији, и позајмио је да је усликам. Распоред фигура није шаховски проблем, него моја идеја како једна фотогенична и симетрична завршница може да изгледа. Већина времена је проведена у експериментима померања светла док нисам добио сенке баш где сам их хтео и светло које изгледа као да обасјава сваку фигуру изнутра.