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By Hesham Tawfik
Gear: Canon 60D | Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II | Yongnuo Speedlite YN465 Flash
Settings: ISO 100 | ƒ/2 | 1/60
“He looked so much like me, I could tell that he saw it, too, we shared the smile of recognizing ourselves in each other, how many imposters do I have? DO we all make the same mistakes, or has one of us gotten it right, or even just a bit less wrong, am I the imposter?”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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ElectroWave with video from a train driver's point of view
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Post Rock with lightning
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Kensington Street masterpiece, Brighton.
This side of the building was in complete shade, HDR conversion from 5 exposures brings out the fine detail.
Pre-enactment of the human chess match from an episode of The Prisoner by the Six of One society. Portmeirion, Wales
Strobist info: Hot light behind black background extending to edges of the frame with white foamcore camera right. All other angles I covered in black fabric. Shot on glass surface.
Macro Mondays games theme
M42 macro lens. Vivitar through umbrella right. Flagged YN-460 from above to light the back.
In between attending Richard Hawley gigs, I spent a lot of time walking around the cities of the North of England.
Vouloir jouer aux échecs contre soi-même est aussi paradoxal que vouloir marcher sur son ombre. Stefan Zweig.
I challenged myself to a duel of chess, I was both the winner and the defeated. It all comes down to your point of view and depth of field. The fall of the king brought on the shadow of night, and the end of the shoot.
"You can only come to the morning through the shadows."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
Poor Seifer, should have kept away from the wine. Serves him right.
This picture was used in the photostory: yuan-mdx.deviantart.com/art/A-Game-of-Chess-454639658
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Sir Almasy played by Seifer (Iplehouse Arvid RS)
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+Seifer wears clothes by Freedom Teller+
"Checkmate" quilt pattern by Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique. Fabric is Juniper Berry by Basic Grey for Moda.
A ~6x8 inch Kallitype on Hahnemuhle Platinum Rag. Toned in gold. Originally a digital capture from 2010. Hand-turned cocobolo chess pieces lined up on a desk.
This photo already exists in my photostream, but I liked the Kallitype enough that I wanted that version here too.
Oct 1937 Sadler's Wells. Checkmate. The Red King [Robert Helpmann] and his young wife the Red Queen [Pamela May]. Taken from the Dress Circle of Sadler's Wells Theatre.
Photo by Merlyn Severn [Dorothy Susan Harvey. London 1897 - Exeter 1973] taken from the Dress Circle of Sadler's Wells Theatre during actual performances using only the stage lighting.
The UK premiere of Checkmate was on 5 October 1937 at Sadler's Wells.
May and Helpmann had created these part at the world première on 15 June 1937 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris.