I totally agree, though focal blur should help tie the blurry HDRI 
background to the sharp foreground a bit better. But in any case I'm going 
to experiment with some kind of ground.

Good suggestion regarding the board, I hadn't thought of that (and I don't 
play it myself). I'll add one now.

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"Florian Brucker" <tor### [at] torfboldcom> wrote in message 
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> Uh, pretty nice! Pretty damn nice to be specific :)
>
> As you ask for possible improvements: Personally I don't like seeing the
> background where the table ends, I'd prefer some sort of ground. As a
> minor thing I'd suggest adding a frame around the chessboard, I've never
> seen one where the tiles start right at the edges.
>
>
> Regards,
> Florian

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