treachery

never trust a pawn...

this was an absurd amount of work... and it would have been infinitely more work if Christine (@k1w1) hadn't pointed me in the direction of topaz remask...

my original intent had been to do a shot for the classy theme, but four shoots, 6 edits and several hours later, i somehow ended up... here...

this is a combo of four shots edited in LR, PSE, topaz remask, nik silver fx, and nik colour fx... it's a bit muddly in spots, but i'm done with this bit of inanity... moving on...

[AC]

Wonderfully creative! Great processing; I wouldn't even know where to begin.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Wonderful visual and very creative. Fav!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Oh dear! That's certainly check mate! Fun shot.

[K1W1]

That's a great fun shot. Glad you found Remask. It's a great plugin for Photoshop

[☠northy]

@k1w1 tx Christine... it made that aspect of this wretched exercise a piece of cake!

[Katia]

You´re just so clever! :) Coolio!

[dh (delena)]

Very clever

[Katie]

Whoa, that is such a cool, menacing shadow! Love the tilts too.

[Hope D Jennings]

Really cool image!

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Alexander]

That is such a cool end result, Northy! Very creative piece of storytelling! FAV

Minions are the only way to go, pawns are good sautéed in garlic sauce. ;-)

[colie (Nichole Stewart)]

Another fav! Awesome idea,title and execution:) BTW I posted link to the tutorial. Thanks for the nice compliments

[Carly]

Very clever and fun shot

[diane day]

very creative.... nicely captured...

[Taffy]

What a great ominous shadow and to see the melting chess pieces -- fabulous! Fav!

[Arefin]

such a great idea and shot! superb execution!

[Emma]

Very clever, love the shadows!

[Adam]

Wonderfully expressive and as usual, your artistic expression is a treat!

[Lisa Stein]

Wow! I have no idea how you did this and am mightily impressed! FAV

[Simon]

Very clever fav for me

[Raye]

WOW! Instant FAV! Both brilliant and clever! Super impressive image! WOW!

[emily tull]

hahahahaha great

[Penny Price]

Sooo clever. Love it. Fav.

[Jocasta]

Wonderfully creative - well worth all the effort - I ♥♥♥♥♥ all your chess photos. Quite surreal.

[Marloes]

Wow! So intruiging! Love your shot. Fav!

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Cool idea & shot, great editing!

[Simply Amanda]

Clever as hell. So cool. Fav!

[Lisa Pouncy]

Serious manipulation. I don't know how you come up with your ideas but this is ace xx

[mag]

Amazing Photo...A FAV..!!!

[Rachel]

Simply amazing!

[Allison]

Awesome........fav!

[Sennett Farias]

Fav!!! Awesome.

[Matthew Allan]

This is really creative. Fav ^.^

[Paul "Snapchap" Everest]

Brilliant bit of processing! Love it.

[Frida]

did I mention faving this? It's seriously cool, but too much work for me...

[Humphrey Hippo]

So surreally cool!

[Mary Downing Hahn]

Love it. Those pawns are always up to something.

[Tina]

Witty photo!

[Katarina]

great photo!!!

[The Mysterious Mr Biscuit]

Fav+1. I can't imagine how I missed this before!

[Jackie greenfield]

Oh wow! This is amazing! Something I would love to try but way beyond my capabilities yet lol! I have only seen this in a book somewhere & the two images didn't relate at all! This exceeds that by far! Fav :-)

[☠northy]

@jacjacs68 tx Jackie... these are fun to do, and not necessarily that difficult - just painstaking!