The Big Game
Uploaded: February 07, 2005 00:06:00
For this little guy, it's the heavy lifting that makes Chess such a difficult game to master.
S J February 07, 2005
WoW!! Terrific find and excellent capture, Dan!! Your perspective and execution of this shot are AWESOME!! Great EYE working hard again!!! Love it!! #212977Donna Roberts February 07, 2005
Brilliant Dan - you could have called this "Muscles".....LOLPatty Razonable February 07, 2005
Wow! This is a cool shot, Dan!!! Awesome perspective very well done!!! #1088283Jordi Delgado February 07, 2005
Terrific graphics Dan!!! Excellent framing!!:-)) #1088302
Mata Patan February 07, 2005
This is excellent!! When you open the photo it seems you are looking a normal size chess play, but when you see the child, you realize!!! #1088303Pu Chen February 07, 2005
That is a BIG game! He looks like one of the piece, that's some game to play! Very cool! Well done, Dan! #1088316Stanley J. Contrades February 07, 2005
What an absolutely fabulous find and excellent composition, Dan! Love the human element that really adds a terrific comparison! Another awesome image very well done!Judy S. Fung February 07, 2005
Wow! Wonderful find, perspective and capture, Dan! Love it! #1088328Paul Michko February 07, 2005
Great perspective, Dan. I'd say he's a pawn in the game of chess. :) #1088372Carolyn M. Fletcher February 07, 2005
Super!! #1088376Colleen Braun February 07, 2005
great image... #1088398Donald K. Cherry February 07, 2005
Cool shot, Dan...just wish the pieces were set up to represent a real chess game! #1088399Alan L. Borror February 07, 2005
This is wonderful! Bet we see this again. Great work, Dan! #1088437Cathy Gregor February 07, 2005
Super shot, Dan! I love it!Janet L. Skinner February 07, 2005
These big chess games always facinated me. I have never seen anyone actually playing. Excellent composition, Dan!! #1088499Colette M. Metcalf February 07, 2005
Excellent!!! #1088560Cindy Paquette February 07, 2005
AWESOME image!!!Claudia Kuhn February 07, 2005
So creative Dan, love it!! #1088606Wally Orlowsky February 07, 2005
Great perspective on a great game, Dan. He does seem to have mastered the squat lift ;) #1088696Deb Holmes-Hatfield February 07, 2005
Just awesome Dan! #1088849Darren K. Fisher February 07, 2005
Now this is awesome. I love the perspective and the placement of the little boy. #1088982Marsha S. Smith February 07, 2005
Great image. Was the board really that big or is this some masterful effects usage on your part? Either way, I love it. #1089006William Moore February 07, 2005
nuff said....stunning photo #1089096Kara L. Hendricks February 07, 2005
Wow Dan!! I love this one!! WEll, I usually love all your stuff, but this is fabulously creative of you.. Great job!! #1089114Donna J. Taff February 07, 2005
Fantastic image, Dan!!! #1089117Roger Bernabo February 07, 2005
I enjoyed your picture very much #1089128Jessica McCollam February 07, 2005
WOW! EXCELLENT shot, Dan! I love your perspective!!! I KNOW we will be seeing this one again!!!!:) #1089151Mellanie February 07, 2005
WOW!!!!! #1089239Cathy Stancil February 07, 2005
Well done, Dan ! My girls play each other on a game similar to this one at some friends, exept its in stone...Little heavier to move around ! But they love it, its not only cerebral but physical as well ! Great shot ! #1089288Sherri Conley February 07, 2005
This is SUPERB! #1089307Noel Baebler February 07, 2005
FAB SHOT, Dan! #1089537Marcie A. Fowler February 07, 2005
Fantastically creative Dan!! Another job very well done! #1089610Deborah Sandidge February 07, 2005
This is great, Dan, love the perspective and title too! #1089732Stan Kwasniowski February 07, 2005
Dan, great shot, with a twist to it lolStan Kwasniowski #1089778
Stephanie Lyons February 07, 2005
I love everything about this shot ... including that the little boy was wearing the powdery shade of blue ... a sure winner! #1089829Cindy Cone February 07, 2005
This is wonderful, Dan! Looks like another winner! I've not been online much in the past month. Looking at your gallery, though, I see you've kept up your outstanding work. #1089847Michelle R. Kovach February 07, 2005
Cool a life size chess board! This is great Dan!Dan Holm February 07, 2005
Sanjay, Donna R., Patty, Jordi, Mata, Pu, Stan C., Judy, Paul, Carolyn, Colleen, Donald, Alan, Cathy G., Janet, Colette, Cindy P., Claudia, Wally, Deb, Darren, Marsha, William, Kara, Donna T., Roger, Jessica, Mellanie, Cathy S., Sherri, Noel, Marcie, Deborah, Stan K., Stephanie, Cindy C. and Michelle: Thank you all so very much!! I sincerely appreciate your kind feedback and comments! #1090027Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 07, 2005
Super image!! A winner Dan, I absolutely love this!! #1090039Terry R. Hatfield February 07, 2005
Cool Shot And Presentation Dan:-) #1090067Stephen Zacker February 07, 2005
Cool perspective and fantastic image #1090147Cathy Barrows February 07, 2005
great shot...love your title and story #1090150Carol Brill February 07, 2005
Great job of capturing the symmetry, patterning, and human element here that makes this shot so special, Dan! #1090252Dan Holm February 08, 2005
Donna, Terry, Amy, Stephen, Cathy and Carol: Thanks very much! I truly appreciate it! #1090365Wendy Stevenson February 08, 2005
Dan, you find the neatest subjects, then you go and take the best picture possible of it!! This is OUTSTANDING!!! I really love it!!! #1091716Evy Johansen February 09, 2005
Wow! Very creative, Dan! Wonderful work and a great image! #1093730Sharon Day February 09, 2005
Outstanding shot, Dan!!! I love this composition! Well done! #1093852kathy wolfe February 09, 2005
This is very cool!! Love it!! #1093975Dan Holm February 10, 2005
Wendy, Evy, Sharon and Kathryn: Thank you!! I truly appreciate it! #1094827Anette Linnea Rasmussen February 10, 2005
Great image Dan! Well captured and presented, love it!Best wishes #1094882
Dolores Neilson February 10, 2005
I think this is a winner, Dan!! The graphical elements and composition make this a strong contender. Superb! Love the browns and blues too! #1096591Cindy Paquette March 15, 2005
Wow Dan! I'm SO happy to see this here...CONGRATULATIONS this one is very special! #1175463Casey A. Hanson March 15, 2005
So glad to see this make it! Congratulations again, Dan! :0) #1175810Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 15, 2005
Congratulations Dan!! This is one of my favorites. Great work!!! #1175941Kristi A. Howson March 15, 2005
Congratulations on your finalist Dan..hehe..this one made me laugh...amazing! #1175956Kara L. Hendricks March 15, 2005
Congrats Dan!!! #1176170Jessica McCollam March 15, 2005
Congrats!!! I knew this would make it, But then again I think all your stuff will make it!!:) #1176244Tom Andersen March 15, 2005
Congratulations again, Dan! #1176333S J March 15, 2005
Many Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Dan!! Another one of my favorite!! #1176585Deborah Lewinson March 15, 2005
Congrats again, Dan, fantastic image! #1176935Kelly Abernathy March 15, 2005
Congrats on a great finalist! -K #1177180Donna Roberts March 15, 2005
Three cheers for you Dan on yet another well deserved finalist.Nobu Nagase March 15, 2005
Congratulations, Dan, once again...Anette Linnea Rasmussen March 15, 2005
Excellent eye!Best wishes, Linnea #1178391
Stanley J. Contrades March 16, 2005
I have a feeling we will see this one again, Dan! CONGRATULATIONS once again on your great February roll! Am sure the 'midnight gang' is cheering for you :-)!!Jordi Delgado March 16, 2005
Congrats again, Dan!! I agree with Stan!!:-)) #1178644
Walter Graziano March 16, 2005
Once again Congrats! You are putting some nice stuff out there Dan!!! #1178981Laurence Saliba March 16, 2005
Congrats Dan!!!! #1178999Colette M. Metcalf March 16, 2005
Congrats again Dan!!!! #1180213Cathy Gregor March 16, 2005
Way to go Dan! Congrats again!Claudia Kuhn March 16, 2005
Congrats again, this is so great!! #1180614Jonna Bergström March 16, 2005
Great eye again and congratulations on this finalist, Dan!! #1181079Stephanie Lyons March 16, 2005
Congratulations on this exceptional shot!Jill Flynn March 16, 2005
I lost count Dan!! Congratulations on your ANOTHER GREAT finalist! #1181210Denys March 16, 2005
Congratulations on your finalist, Dan!Brenda W. LaFleur March 16, 2005
Congrats again, Dan! This is terrific. #1181586Stacey A. Bates March 16, 2005
Congrats and best of luck on another wonderful finalist Dan!! #1181687Noel Baebler March 16, 2005
Check and mate! I love this! #1182152Phil Sauvey March 16, 2005
Dan,Due to my absence, I missed this one. What a great photograph! Gold in my book! #1182170
Debra Booth March 16, 2005
Fantastic capture, Dan! Congratulations once again! #1182466Donna J. Taff March 16, 2005
Congrat's, Dan!!! #1182718Gianna Stadelmyer March 16, 2005
WOW! I need to stop coming to your gallery. It inspires me, but is also shows me how MUCh I still have to learn! LOL! Phenomenal shot again here, Dan...one I am sure will pop up again in a few days. Congratulations to you on this and ALL of your finalists:-) Best of luck to you! #1182790kathy wolfe March 17, 2005
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