Sales Event: Tropical Gold
by khrys

Comment:
Nice composition. I'm a bit worried that the jewel of the picture is not or does not appear to be the 'primary' item in the pic, making it hard to see the item properly. Lighting is good tho. Be careful in the reflections of the item as well. Dig the font used for the "sales Event". What is it? 6

Promise Ring
by LEONJR

Comment:
Seems to be a nice looking ring. Very hard to make out since the focus is off, there is no sharpness either. The lighting is odd, doesn't work very well with the background. There are a lot of impurities in this picture. If you shot in RAW, it would've been possible to save this picture with some good tweakings. Also some HUE and Saturation modifications would've helped greatly. 3

Pearls are imortal
by Nuno

Comment:
Cute idea. I like the bowl, unfortunatly the composition makes it off to the left. Lighting is weak and doesn't give enought energy to the shot. Also, the jewel and neckless are too far away. This is not something that would appear in an advertisement magazine. Carefull in the crops, as we can see impurities like on the lower left corner. 4

Heirloom
by biggood53

Comment:
Not much i can say about this. First it doesn't really look like a jewel. Lighting is all wrong and the focus is not very sharp. Angle of foto is rather odd and makes the composition off. Strange colours on the 'wall' or background. 3

Highlighting Beauty
by Travis99

Comment:
Cool jewel! Very unique and intriging. I'd wished for tighter crop to see the item better. don't need to see the model's shirt. Since this is threated as a portrait, a better focus on the model as well as the item coudl've been appreciated and some sharpening as well. more light as well on the item. ncie work tho. 6

Swiss Army Watches
by TommyMoe21

Comment:
Quite unique idea i must say. It feels wierd because i've done some test shots of exactly the same idea, but decided against it. My main concern in this shot is the fact that we don,t actually see the product. Its like if you are selling the wrist band instead of the actual watch(?!). Lighting is very good and simply ad i like the DOF. (what's on the right??) Text is interesting. Because of the band's angle, i feel like the whole picture goes sideways, which is a bit disturbing. 6

Showbiz Glitz from Next
by benhur

Comment:
Odd composition and lighting. Focus is somewhat wrong and kills the sharpness required for so many jewels. Lighting is interesting, but the mix in colours doesn't really work to give this shot the appealing factor it needs to 'sell'. text is dull and not attractive either. 5

August - Peridot
by dartompkins

Comment:
Very wierd and unique DOF and composition. I'm not sure which part is in focus and which is not, or what the shape of this item is. I like the colors and the Very strong DOF helps a lot on the wierd focus. Unfortunatly, i do not feel this sells the item a lot and so goes slightly against the challenge's theme (advertisement). Very nice tho. 7

Irish Silver
by banmorn

Comment:
Nice ring! I have scotish blood, and this makes me feel right at home! Of course i,d wished for a 'shinner' ring, with less scratchs, but i understand the difficulty in finding something nice to shoot. Lighting is nice, if perharps slightly too strong on the reflections. I think i'd want to see a little more of the set on which the ring is resting. Text is simple and efficient which is very nice and quite rare in this challenge. Frame works perfect as well. Very classic and to the point. 7

Natural pearls
by aKiwi

Comment:
not quite sure what to say about this shot. Lighting is stale, composition is off, DOF is not strong enought for the effect you want to give. Blue background doesn't compliment the colours of the jewel at all. The wood on the other hand is very cool, but could've used a lot more contrast and some colour adjustments to the whole picture could've punched this pic some. Sorry. 4