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Five Gold Rings
Five Gold Rings
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Challenge: 12 Days Of Christmas (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A620
Location: Cambridge, ON
Date: Dec 31, 2006
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 31, 2006

 Here are my 25th aniversary bands (thanks to my dear wife for lending her piece), my parents' wedding rings and my own wedding ring; they're on my wife's turtle neck with fake green leaves in the bg.
Lighting is an Ikea desklamp with a mini-spiral 23W (100W equivalent) few centimeters from the object.
I used the red to give that Christmas atmosphere, as well as the green which also helped to break a little the "in your face" red.

I like the end result, even though the red is still too strong - I hope I don't get burnt for that. My previous jewellery entries didn't perform well, so I know I'm taking changes here...

Not much PP, as the image was well saturated from the camera: slight brigtness/contrast adjust and colour. Some cropping and cloned some bright spoot in the wool.

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Place: 28 out of 58
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/07/2007 04:09:16 PM
DOF could be increased just a bit.
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 01/07/2007 03:08:38 AM
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 01/06/2007 12:47:27 PM
Personally I would like to see more dof, so the whole rings were in focus. I also find the underlay a bit distracting.
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 01/03/2007 08:00:07 PM
Love the nice rich tones
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 01/02/2007 02:52:03 AM
IMO I find these to be lost against the red back round.
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 01/01/2007 05:03:26 PM
Wonderful shot. I really like the arrangement of the rings. Only minor complaint is that the greenery in the background seems harshly cropped.
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 01/01/2007 01:43:02 AM
Nice macro work.
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 12/31/2006 10:47:22 PM
Nice idea but the rings blend into the fabric too much and the DOF is too shallow. More than just the front quarter of the rings should be in focus.
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 12/31/2006 07:26:05 PM
Happy New Year - 6
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 12/31/2006 07:22:34 PM
cool that you actually managed to GET 5 gold rings lol, but the red ground is a little harsh and distracts me. I get distracted by bright things, sorry.
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