Five-cent Piece
by fotodude

Comment by Pedxer:
Nice macro, I never realized how rugged Jefferson was. I wouldn't want to run into him in a dark alley, provided this was the 1770's of course.

L'amour Éternel
by fotodude

Comment by zagman:
Thank you for entering the DPChallenge, Jewelry Advertisement.

Great idea and composition. The color and mood this image presents is worth looing at. Sounds like you did a lot of preparation for this challenge, and thought out the details. You have some good material to work with.

The jewelry is primarily out of focus. It is right in the middle of the frame and it distracts from the beauty of the jewelry. You needed to experiment with some better "Depth of field" options. You seemed to have the equipment, lens, camera, etc.

The entire jewelry piece is hard to see. It is blurry from back to front. Very unfortunate, since it has lots of potential for displaying well. You picked some great color combinations. Your light source also went well. Somehow between the execution and the final image, it came out blurry.

Technically looking at your camera settings. You say you shot this manually. You have a very fast shutter speed 1/400 of second. That's pretty fast for still life. Try experimenting with a much slower time and using a tripod. Also use the Nikon's auto timer, with the tripod. This should eliminate much of the blurness.

In jewelry advertisement, its very important to exact details. Its the details that sell product. People want to see all of the jewelry, as they imagine themselves wearing it.

Good effort, work on the DOF, and try different camera settings.

Good luck in your next DPChallenge.

Skyway
by fotodude

Comment by LadeeM:
I love ladybug macros ... Slightly out of focus, but good composition. Great color.

Skyway
by fotodude

Comment by Imagineer:
Very cute little fella and a nice shot too. Crop is a tad too tight at the bottom and I wonder if you should have cropped it along the straight edge of the reed and rotated slightly to horizontal. Cute.

English Muffin
by fotodude

Comment by fotodude:

Originally posted by theSaj: Were those Thomason's?

u got me.....i took it at a resturant....they came with my breakfast awhile ago....

if i go back and ask for u would u give me 5 bucks?

cause if not i don't really care, they tasted good

Message edited by author 2005-05-03 15:44:13.

Skyway
by fotodude

Comment by risu81:
Nice contrast, colors and angle. 8

Skyway
by fotodude

Comment by palmfrodur:
lacking focus on the subject

English Muffin
by fotodude

Comment by theSaj:
Were those Thomason's?

Skyway
by fotodude

Comment by sanjaytaneja:
too many ladybugs

L'amour Éternel
by fotodude

Comment by kearock:
I think to advertise a piece of jewelry you need to be able to see most if not all of it. Needs more depth of field.