A bug in the flower
by Nuno

Comment by marbo:
Lighting seems a bit flat and not to sharp.

Pearls are imortal
by Nuno

Comment by pcody:
Love the setting and dof. The lighting is good. In my mind, the stryofoam peanuts imply if I buy that necklace, I'll never have any money to do anything else. I'm not an expert, but this might be something you might want to try if you reshoot. Same bowl, same pearls, same background and same lighting. Use popcorn as the filler and as a prop, use a picture of an old b/w movie star. If they are real pearls, you might not want to use greasy popcorn because the oils wouldn't be so good for them. Move the bowl to the right of the frame.

A bug in the flower
by Nuno

Comment by cpurser:
Good effort. It could have scored much better if the bug had been in focus.

Pearls are imortal
by Nuno

Comment by Shaman:
great concept. The stryofoam peanuts don't do it for me however. Perhaps if you had used polished river rocks of about the same size, black ones perhaps, to contrast witht he pearls?

Pearls are imortal
by Nuno

Comment by smilebig4me1x:
IMO i feel that the packing eggs cheapen the wonderful pearls...maybe colored packing eggs wouldv'e been better or ice chips/cubes....lovely photo

Pearls are imortal
by Nuno

Comment by srdanz:
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.

Pearls are imortal
by Nuno

Comment by BAMartin:
Are those styrophome packing peanuts?

Pearls are imortal
by Nuno

Comment by mischff:
And packing peanuts are so elegant...???

Pearls are imortal
by Nuno

Comment by msdoubletrouble:
hmmm...elegant pearls...cheap styrofoam...but love the round and the odd shapes combined... 8

Pearls are imortal
by Nuno

Comment by Schuff:
I like it! Except the "popcorn" seems out of place, though I know what you were trying to accomplish. Having a hard time coming up with a different subject to replace the popcorn myself.