This was taken mainly to play with GIMP again. My little chess set chest and board is red and black and the pieces are brown and cream, not colours that lend themselves to monochrome conversion.
All I did with this was alter the red channel, adjust the curves, do something with contrast and exposure. I know it is too dark, I know the contrast is not obvious but I do quite like the focus and light and low-keyness. It might be improved on black??
Oh! I held a snake today and her name was Marmite!! I'm very very brave
What a great name for a snake! Marmite - you love it or you hate it! I quite like snakes, it's arachnids I can't stand. Interesting image here. Tad dark for my ageing eyes, but an eye catching king at the end there.
@casablanca wait till you see today's!! @merrelyn I wasn't happy @onewing he's back in the box @jackies365 getting less impatient!! @grammyn it wasssss brown (and love it or hate it is advertising slogan for Marmite!) @randystreat v kind thank you @shannejw she was surprisingly cold and slippery @jacqbb no idea what she was!! @will_wooderson didn't hate but didn't like either
So, did you love or hate the snake?
Snakes are fun - much nicer feeling than you'd expect
Strange name for a snake! What kind was it?! so proud of you!
@merrelyn I wasn't happy
@onewing he's back in the box
@jackies365 getting less impatient!!
@grammyn it wasssss brown (and love it or hate it is advertising slogan for Marmite!)
@randystreat v kind thank you
@shannejw she was surprisingly cold and slippery
@jacqbb no idea what she was!!
@will_wooderson didn't hate but didn't like either
Lovely leading lines and great low-key lighting
@joysabin even tried to get a photo of it, failed