RHP Photography Competition: CHESS

Welcome to the 12th round of the RHP Photography Competition! The subject of this round is most fitting for RHP - "Chess".

You can view the pictures here:
http://www.katja.klee24.de/TFC/Chess/Chess.html

Vote for your 1 - 8 by pasting the number and name of the photo here:
1st - 10 pts -
2nd - 8 pts -
3rd - 6 pts -
4th - 5 pts -
5th - 4 pts -
6th - 3 pts -
7th - 2 pts -
8th - 1 pt -

It's possible to vote for less than eight pictures. If you do so, you can choose yourself which ranks you want to give (e.g. 1st, 2nd, 5th and 8th).

Here is the list of photos for copying and pasting into the table above:
1 1.e4
2 Calm Reflections
3 Regicide
4 Adjournment
5 Analysis
6 Arrrrghh
7 Battlement Unity
8 Bons Vivants
9 Closeup
10 Chess View
11 Outdoors
12 En Passant
13 Foreshadowing Mate
14 Good vs Evil
15 KnightHawk
16 His Own Enemy
17 Playing On RHP
18 Royal Perspective
19 Royalty
20 Taking Lessons
21 Timebank Running
22 Ugh, The Bishop's Farted
23 Your Move
24 Fate of the Enemy

Please don't vote for your own entries. Voting is obligatory for everybody who has entered this round, and it would be much appreciated if everybody who plans to enter future rounds would vote in this round as well. And of course any other votes are very welcome, too!

Comments and discussions are not only allowed, but encouraged right from the start. I would like everybody to say something about their favourite picture. Feel free to comment on other pictures as well. The names of the photographers will not be revealed until the voting is over.

Voting will close on Friday, 24 March, 20 UT. The discussion can and should be continued after that, of course. This round will be followed by:

13. Still Life (an arrangement of inanimate objects)
14. Extended Exposure
15. Movement/Motion
16. Home (can be in your home, or just in the locality that you would regard as home)
17. Words
18. Advanced Editing

If you have questions, complaints or ideas, send me a PM. You can also contact me at rhpphotocomp@gmail.com

Enjoy!

Originally posted by Nordlys


You can view the pictures here:
http://www.katja.klee24.de/TFC/Chess/Chess.html

Woohoo!

Hold on for a moment, I just got another entry... Pleeeaaase, next time anyone can't make it in time, at least tell me that you still plan to enter and when I can expect your picture. It's much easier to create the main page for all entries together than to add some of them later.

Edit: Picture added.

1. - 18. Royal Perspective
2. - 3. Regicide3
3. - 15. KnightHawk
4. - 23. Your Move
5 - 7. Battlement Unity
6 - 1. 1.e4
7 - 21. Timebank Running
8 - 10. Chess View

Originally posted by Gatecrasher
1. - 18. Royal Perspective
2. - 3. Regicide3
3. - 15. KnightHawk
4. - 23. Your Move
5 - 7. Battlement Unity
6 - 1. 1.e4
7 - 21. Timebank Running
8 - 10. Chess View

Wow, you are fast! I haven't even created the spreadsheet yet! 🙂 (I hope you looked at the last picture, too - I had the wrong thumbnail, just corrected it.)

Originally posted by Nordlys
Wow, you are fast! I haven't even created the spreadsheet yet! 🙂 (I hope you looked at the last picture, too - I had the wrong thumbnail, just corrected it.)

It's so I can avoid all temptation of tactical voting...😉

I looked at them all. And Firefox is great for sorting the pictures in order of preference...

Originally posted by Gatecrasher
It's so I can avoid all temptation of tactical voting...😉

I looked at them all. And Firefox is great for sorting the pictures in order of preference...

Tactics are very important, but don't forget strategy. 😉

How do you use Firefox for sorting the pictures in order of preference? My love affair with Firefox is still quite new, so I haven't found out about all its secrets yet.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Tactics are very important, but don't forget strategy. 😉

How do you use Firefox for sorting the pictures in order of preference? My love affair with Firefox is still quite new, so I haven't found out about all its secrets yet.

You open each picture in it's own tab (clicking the thumbnail while pressing Ctrl), Then you can just click and drag the tabs to move them into your order of preference.

Another useful command is Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn to cycle through the tabs.

Originally posted by Gatecrasher
You open each picture in it's own tab (clicking the thumbnail while pressing Ctrl), Then you can just click and drag the tabs to move them into your order of preference.

Another useful command is Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn to cycle through the tabs.

Thanks, very useful! This is the first time I use the PgUp/PgDn keys...

1st - 10 pts - 18. Royal Perspective
2nd - 8 pts - 15. KnightHawk
3rd - 6 pts - 16. His Own Enemy
4th - 5 pts - 1. 21. Timebank Running
5th - 4 pts - 1.e4
6th - 3 pts - 7. Battlement Unity
7th - 2 pts - 12. En Passant
8th - 1 pt - 13. Foreshadowing Mate

Yeah, some very good photos there folk, especially Royal Perspective which really stood out for me. Great use of camera position, good set up with attention to the background as well as the pieces, and good light.

1st - 10 pts - 24. Fate of the Enemy
2nd - 8 pts - 13. Foreshadowing Mate
3rd - 6 pts - 2. Calm Reflections
4th - 5 pts - 4. Adjournment
5th - 4 pts - 18. Royal Perspective
6th - 3 pts - 1. 1.e4
7th - 2 pts - 16. His Own Enemy
8th - 1 pt - 19. Royalty

Well done all, may the best win.

EDIT: And well done to you too Nordlys for the effort in organising this.

1st - 10 pts - 12 En Passant
2nd - 8 pts - 10 Chess View
3rd - 6 pts - 16 His Own Enemy
4th - 5 pts - 20 Taking Lessons
5th - 4 pts - 13 Foreshadowing Mate
6th - 3 pts - 7 Battlement Unity
7th - 2 pts - 23 Your Move
8th - 1 pt - 6 Arrrrghh

I actually liked Chess view best, but not as it is. If the transparent squares would have been jumbled, it would be like a puzzle. All the white squares where they should be, and still not. Chess: So easy, and yet so confusing at times.

En Passant had a suiting title to a clever picture. How could I not like that one?

1st - 10 pts -21 Timebank Running
2nd - 8 pts -24 Fate of the Enemy
3rd - 6 pts -13 Foreshadowing Mate
4th - 5 pts -18 Royal Perspective
5th - 4 pts -12 En Passant
6th - 3 pts -8 Bons Vivants
7th - 2 pts -7 Battlement Unity
8th - 1 pt -23 Your Move

D

Great to see so many votes coming in! (And I still haven't created the Regneark...) But please don't forget to say something about your favourite picture, and maybe some other pictures as well!

1) Good and Evil
2) Adjournment
3) Fate of the Enemy
4) Bon Vivants
5) Timebank Running

I am suprised that no one has voted for this delightful pic of the two girls. The thing I liked about it was how different and ironic it was. It is like they are playing in a magical land. The log cabin in the background added to this. All the other photos tended to show pieces that were serious and harsh while theirs is a Disney chess set, highlighting the irony of "Good vs. Evil".