Response to Self Portrait 3 (Response #20)

Uploaded 554 Days Ago by bioLarzen - 18 comments

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King said 554 days ago:

I like this. I wish the chess pieces were in some kind of meaningful position...but then, again, maybe they are. I think if the light were a bit brighter on your face the white squares wouldn't dominate so much. In fact, I probably would have shaded the chess board from the direct light, but I guess this was shot with flash on camera, so that would be bit tricky. It could be done, though.

King said 554 days ago:

Hey, Gabor...is chess one of your interests? I never learned to play well. I had a friend who was some kind of child prodigy. I never got in more than 3 moves, so I was discouraged early.

This is a good idea. How did you think of it?

Ana said 554 days ago:

interesting idea.

bioLarzen said 554 days ago:

King,

thanx for the fair and meaningful comment!

Yes, I like chess a lot. I can totally submmerge in it when I'm playing - that's what I had in mind when I took this one.

You're right, my face should be a bit brighter - my only explanation is that this one was not meant to be a self-portrait.

Oh, and I'm not a good player myself either - never learned any strategies and tactics only the rules of movement and taking pieces...

bioLarzen said 554 days ago:

Ana,

interesting in a positive or negative way?

King said 554 days ago:

Bio...so this wasn't intended to be a self-portrait. That leaves my question open: How did you think to do this? What inspired you to photograph yourself, reflected in the chessboard, and to present the image upside down?

bioLarzen said 554 days ago:

King,

what I said above: that feeling of being totally diluted in that ever so vibrating world of chess.

Of course the picture is rotated and originally I meant it to stay the right way up - but then ended up like this.

And another interesting (?) piece of the story: altough it might look like this, I'm actually not looking at the camera, but at the "black" king. I was suprised to find it looks like I was looking straight into the camera, thus making it look like a self-portrait - so, in fact, I've managed to take an accidental self-portrait - quite some achivement, huh? :D

King said 554 days ago:

Neat.

kadenajack said 554 days ago:

Well, I haven't seen that before. Well seen and executed. My only suggestion would be a tighter shot so we could see more of you in the reflections.

eggplant said 554 days ago:

Has the feel of an M. C. Escher print.

pursang said 554 days ago:

Aces for a great technique and wonderful imagination.

gembase said 553 days ago:

good idea !I like it

klimin_a_s said 553 days ago:

One more rating, and you will be featured (imho)! Great self-portrait! But I wish more homogeneous for the background (without joints).

uvikidd said 553 days ago:

amazing .. good work sir.

bioLarzen said 553 days ago:

Thank you everyone!

I decided to reshoot this one with the suggestions you made. I guess it is worth one more try, isn't it?

beckn32 said 553 days ago:

I know everyone has a chess board on their ceiling!

bioLarzen said 553 days ago:

But only mine has glass-magnetic pieces.

Beard said 553 days ago:

Nice.

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