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05/04/2005 11:13:34 AM |
Thank you for submitting your photo the DPChallenge, Jewelry Advertisement.
A good capture of two rings or two earrings. Good use of the frame and negative space. The background in black works in many ways, for and against you. The placing of the jewelry on the glass is a good touch. Mounting the jewelry on each other is a classic retail store type of display. The image does show it self in a mysterious way. Dark, moody, and ambiquous.
The jewelry does not show its natural beauty. The diamonds are visable but the stones are too dark. The shot is hindered by its lack of detail. The dark shadows and lighting are masking the subject of this shot. It also looks like the jewelry has been placed on a glass table, good idea, but the mirror reflections are coming up too dark again.
It looks like your light source is only coming from one side of the frame. The oppposite side, or left side of the frame, as you look at it, is underexposed. This makes the subject a bit unappealing, with lighting preference only on one side.
The reason I said earings or finger rings, is because you can't really tell right off. The rear portion of the jewelry is too dark to exact details.
Technically I see that you used ISO 800. And, of course the higher the ISO the more noise, or grain you will get.
I am assuming that you shot without a flash. Yeah, sometimes jewelry shots, tend to be too bright off the flash lighting. This is one of the hardest shots to do, without making the jewelry appear too shiny.
Great composition idea's. Good use of frame space. Work on your lighting.
Good luck in your next DPChallenge. |
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05/01/2005 01:55:56 PM |
| simply beautiful! great work. |
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05/01/2005 12:01:28 PM |
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05/01/2005 08:25:03 AM |
| I like the sparkles, but the black stones get lost in the background. |
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04/30/2005 07:46:48 PM |
| Interesting reflection. Unfortunatly, the fact that the reflection is almost as 'crisp' as the actual jewel makes it hard to distinguish which is which. Lighting is not strong enought and makes the picture suffer from poor sharpness. a tighter composition or some text would've helped. 6 |
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04/30/2005 01:37:00 PM |
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04/30/2005 01:32:29 PM |
| I like this as a photo, but as an ad I'd like to see a little more of the great detail in the mountings and gems. |
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04/30/2005 10:38:34 AM |
| The details of these earrings are not clear as they should be for a print ad |
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04/30/2005 09:22:00 AM |
| nice composition but the subject appears too dark and a bit ill defined (eg. there are jewels in the center line of the earrings (?) but I cannot see them all and some look like they are missing and the background appears through the center of the subjects.) . the reflections do not add to this for me. |
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04/30/2005 05:27:43 AM |
| I canĂ¢€™t tell what they are. I an ad shot the subject needs to be very clear and distinct. |
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04/29/2005 05:04:21 AM |
| Seems a little dark to me. If I was an advertiser I would want the actual jewelry to be visible to my customer. I do really like how they are set in the photo and the reflection. 6 |
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04/28/2005 09:52:33 PM |
| It's kinda hard to see the details in the earrings? |
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04/28/2005 09:21:25 PM |
| I like the use of negative space, you left plent of space for added text |
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04/28/2005 04:54:59 PM |
| I love the double reflection, not sure what the gem stones are though. |
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04/28/2005 11:57:20 AM |
| nicely done, but a tad dark IMHO |
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04/28/2005 08:59:23 AM |
| Not enough lit; hard to see what it is (earrings?) and details. Good composition, placing the earrings the way you did is more dynamic. I suspect you placed the earrings on a glass or mirror, which creates a double reflection that is not attractive. |
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04/27/2005 11:08:51 AM |
| A little hard to make out. |
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04/27/2005 08:55:11 AM |
| i like the composition, and the amount of detial in such a small space. i wish the reflection was a bit more solid, if that makes any sense... but nice photo. |
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04/26/2005 09:37:06 AM |
| I really like the composition and the lighting creates an interesting mood. I feel, however, that you loose the beauty of the jewels in the darkness. |
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04/26/2005 08:51:20 AM |
| I really like the negative space |
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04/26/2005 08:15:38 AM |
| Hard to see what is for sale here. The black background does not do any justice to the ear rings. |
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04/25/2005 10:14:25 PM |
| nice idea but maybe a bit too dark it needs some sparkle/highlights as it seems quite flat |
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04/25/2005 06:02:18 PM |
| Nice use of negative space. There could have been a little more lighting on the jewelry. |
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04/25/2005 02:53:03 PM |
| i love the layout and the reflections...the only thing that i feel could have been different was the backround being made a bit lighter....again as always this is my opinion...good luck |
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04/25/2005 11:29:19 AM |
| The composition looks like it would have worked well, but overall the image is way too dark. |
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04/25/2005 11:26:30 AM |
| Very simple and elegant looking but i would have liked to seen more light. |
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04/25/2005 09:53:24 AM |
| Pretty but a little dark, can't really see the beautiful highlights that you are trying to showcase. |
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04/25/2005 08:54:02 AM |
| I think this photo is too dark. A lot of details are lost ... |
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04/25/2005 06:30:22 AM |
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04/25/2005 06:12:45 AM |
| The details are not clear to me, difficult to buy jewlery based on things you don't see... I though think it is earrings ... |
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04/25/2005 05:58:14 AM |
| grace indeed, your composition and lighting is out of this world 10 |
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04/25/2005 05:06:54 AM |
| just a bit too dark for my taste. |
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04/24/2005 10:02:49 PM |
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04/24/2005 09:09:32 PM |
| Reflection is disracting. |
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