City of the Future
by gudbjargarson

Comment by SandyP:
Beautiful the way you did the color tones and the interesting angle of the skyline.

City of the Future
by gudbjargarson

Comment by CEJ:
I really tried to view and rate this without the title being involved. However, I just couldn't. With the title it just makes me say - just a decent night shot of some city. Without the title, it just makes me say - just a decent night shot of some city.

Walking in from the Darkness
by gudbjargarson

Comment by Liquid Vision:
very nice colors

Walking in from the Darkness
by gudbjargarson

Comment by Minstrel:
if the darkness was more prominent, this would've been a more effective shot.

Grace
by gudbjargarson

Comment by zagman:
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.

Looking in
by gudbjargarson

Comment by risu81:
Lookin up? I like the detail in the eye and the placement of the subject. 8

Looking in
by gudbjargarson

Comment by shutterfly:
Interesting angle.

Looking in
by gudbjargarson

Comment by justbe:
wonderful

Looking in
by gudbjargarson

Comment by sigrun_th:
very good framing and light

Looking in
by gudbjargarson

Comment by Tiberius:
Very good! 10