it is, at least in part, a chess term... as i have been doing a lot of chess shots lately, my first thought was "chess shot!"... but, as i have been doing a lot of chess shots lately, my second thought was "too easy"... we'll dispense with my third, fourth and fifth thoughts... suffice to say - here's where i ended up... the pawn - something or someone manipulated and used by others... sometimes with the illusion of free will...
being a control freak, i don't do "pawn" well... and being a control freak, i spent waaaaaaaaaay too much time on this...
tagging for etsooi 8 because this was supposed to convey the emotion of fear, dread and uncertainty... and because between lightroom (declarification), PSE (layers and melding two images), nik silver efex (convert to black and white) and colour efex (add a fog layer), this is totally etsooi'd http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/17420/etsooi-8-the-challenge-returns
"the pawn - something or someone manipulated and used by others... sometimes with the illusion of free will..." No truer words! You did a great job on this!
Wow, this is way cool ! Faved. Love the way you interpreted the word and the resulting image is brilliant. I struggled a bit with my challenge shot and I was thinking "why the hell I don't have any chess board like Northy does" ;-) The selfie is really cool, love the pose !
I'm in awe of your talent - all of you are doing such amazing things with this challenge. Fav without a second's hesitation, for the sheer awesomeness of epic proportions of this shot. (And sorry for being so behind in commenting, I don't know what's gone into me this past week...)
they really need to come up with something more than just fav in this page as recently I find fav is not enough for images like this!. I need you to tell me who is or what is that girl coz I love her. This is a fabulously creative image on its own right, paired with the word it's perfect! The silver screen effect is fabulous, go on northy do us one for your other album where the focus is on the first stone (no chess player here :)) just because you can!
@frida tx Frida... not really sure who or what she is... other than me, of course... and a pawn... forced to move at the whim of others, and effectlvely expendable...:)
Sister North, your project is brilliant and an inspiration for me. I love the evolution. Freakin' KILLER capture. Shut up, hands down... Favorite for me.
@janim tx :) does the word get posted thursday or friday? i thought @spirrowshoot said thursday, and actually, i think if i post thursday night, it will effectively be your friday morning...
Well, I posted Kalopsia late at night on Sunday, though the word should have been posted Monday. Sooo.... take it with a grain of salt? I figured my timezone is one of the farthest west, so it worked out pretty well.
