Girls can never have enough jewelry!!!
by singsunshine

Comment:
Nice photo, but it does not depict jewelry in the best light. I don't believe that desaturation is a good choice for representing something as colorful as jewelry. Selective desaturation is OK for jewelry, but would not work here either.
I think this image will get hurt because of the "does not meet the challenge".

February
by nico_blue

Comment:
Beautiful reflections off the ring and nice lighting. Top 10 IMO.

Natural Cathedral
by charliebaker

Comment:
Comment on the photo: beautiful colors, looks like pure gold. 8.
Comment on the title (not affecting the score): this is not naturally occuring in nature - someone planted those trees...

Simply Forever
by ebertdj

Comment:
returning for comments:
beautiful image I really like the colors and the dark tone. bumping up.

Dali's Earrings
by labuds

Comment:
Not all shadows are bad - I would like to notice that this one stands out - double shadow precisely placed (the light sources were placed I know) to achieve the very nice total image. 8.

Pearls are imortal
by Nuno

Comment:
Did you use packing styrofoam peanuts here? If you didn't, these sure look like ones... Not an image you want to see in an jewelry ad, I would think.

August - Peridot
by dartompkins

Comment:
We can see that you used the flash (by looking at the reflection in the pendant). Continuous, slightly diffused light from the direction of your choice would have been better in this case (IMO).

Aqua lampwork bead
by Paperfibe

Comment:
you could have done this one without a shadow - it only takes away, adds nothing pretty to the otherwise good photo.

Bulova for ever..!
by joaquin

Comment:
There should not have been a shadow over the face of the watch.
having the time set to 10:10 would have helped (as it is a de facto standard for watch ads but haven't impacted my score at all).

Beauty Jewel...
by sfarrell23

Comment:
Did you check what kind of web site www.bj.com is? I like the joke (I had my suspicions... if you'd put www.beautyjewel.com I would not bother going there checking it out).
Technically, I wish for a different perspective. This is taken from a higher point I would prefer for a ring of this type - shooting from a slightly lower position would have given you better reflections, I think. 6.