Well it sure works well for the contest, good luck my friend, this is a good entry. tigs=^..^=

Very interesting image John - this shot would be a good entry into the current contest - Nicely Done!!!!!!!!!

Love chessboards and these players look ready for action. The image would make a unique and creative entry.

Interesting where the focus is along with this angle , nice work.

Clever find with a good bokeh, John, and very appropriate for the 'Diagonal' contest.

Would be a fantastic entry to to contest John - Good Luck

I keep coming back to your image here, John.

As I would agree with and echo some of the comments above.. in that I like these kinds of images. Good good DOF.. and that of the subject matter itself/themselves.


I hope you don't mind what is to follow, as it puts my thoughts to that of an image:

"Battle ready" - Rotated & Cropped

Think it was the angle of your original that I found.. what's the word.. 'disconcerting'?

dis.con.cert.ing

adjective: disconcerting
causing one to feel unsettled.

Rotating and then, cropping solved that.. for me, at least. And now, the two chess board squares that were creating mergers with the bottom left-hand frame are gone as well.

Looks.. cleaner, simply put, and to my eyes and in my humble opinion. With just that of the blonder wood of the board now in that bottom corner alone. And reiterating, correcting for the 'tilt'.


Still, with all that said.. brought me in for a closer look. A few times, so.. creative mission accomplished.

And.. but, of course.. thanks for sharing this one with us.

Les, thank you very much for your comment and improvement
on my image "Battle ready"
It is very much appreciated
Kind regards
John

Well done John,
Very nice capture ;-)
Grtz
Jaap