On 8/13/2015 10:28 AM, Whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 13 August 2015 14:53:22 UTC+1, peterN wrote:
On 8/12/2015 9:14 PM, Ron C wrote:
On 8/12/2015 5:58 PM, PeterN wrote:
Tony Cooper and I'm sure a lot of others would never do this.
When I want to take a break from playing poker, I walk around taking
pictures.
AFAIK most casinos do not allow photography. Mohegan Sun does, within
limits. You may not go on the casino floor, but must stand behind a low
rail. The restriction doesn't seem to unduly hinder photo ops.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97242118/the%20casino.jpg


I don't have a problem with the rendition being abstract and
artistic. I tend to like that kind of stuff. Heck, my artistic formative
years were the psychedelic late 60's -- 70's.
Anyway, the problem I have is that no matter where I looked my
eye tended to wander off the picture.

Valid point. Here's a severs crop:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97242118/20150726_sky%20casino_0524_DxO%20painted%20black%2 0jack.jpg


One thought I had for adding a focus point was to have a saturation
gradient. Here's a (somewhat heavy handed) quick test of the concept.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/b72e5o6mgu...no-01.jpg?dl=0

Valid interpretation.

I prefer this version, I find I'm almost invited to take a seat and have a games with the empty seat at the angle and position it is at.
Although I would have proberly rotated the image about 2-5 degrees CC / anti-clockwise, just so that the edge of teh table is more horizontally straight.

Is the problem with photographing is that you could be transmitting an image of a players hand to another person. Or it could be that of the people don't want to be seen for whatever reason. I've been in a club or two that has had a photography ban.



I think it's a privacy issue. It is not unusual for some to go to a
casino who do not want others to know about it.

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PeterN