CHESS MATCH - Ronald Wells

This image is taken in a coffee house in the Mission District of San Francisco

Camera:	Contax G2
Lens:	Carl Zeiss Biogon 28mm f/2.8
Film:	HP5
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Adjustment:	PS basics, small crop
Posted:	11-Mar-2006

Rating: 7.25 (4 ratings)

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Comments

The Spy Who Came in from The Cold

I like this Ron. I am still learning, but understand enough technically to appreciate you controlled the light well to expose the interior characters beautifully here. There is definitely a sinister voyeuristic element here. Without knowing it was a chess game drawing so much attention, I would place it from a scene in a Raymond Chandler novel, given the Californian location. However, Phillip Marlowe was less shadey and more affable than the figure on the left, who is obviously colluding with the similarly-hatted character on the right exterior. This is a conspiracy, John Le Carré style. Nice.

Christopher Belham     12-Mar-2006 at 08:11

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Different Spin

Christopher, You put a spin on it that I had not thought of. It works for me. I should have left the activity up to the viewer to contemplate. Thanks for your comment. Ron

Ronald Wells     12-Mar-2006 at 09:52

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