The Necklace
by lovethelight

Comment by bassbone:
lovely soft light to emphasize the skin tones and textures - that is one very glamourous necklace - 8

The Necklace
by lovethelight

Comment by Bosborne:
Stunning! Love the lighting. 10+

Money
by lovethelight

Comment by lovethelight:

Originally posted by Fetor: woah. talk about an expensive setup

Thankfully it wasn't as expensive as it looked. I had 9 exposures to get all of these 100 dollar bills together in one photo.

Martini
by lovethelight

Comment by lovethelight:

Originally posted by Fetor: wow, I bet the photoshopping around the rim of the glass took forever. excellent work

Thanks! It really didn't take much time at all. I set the entire glass layer to "lighten" which left only the highlights. It was missing the light shadow on the rim that gives it more mass so instead of meticulously using the magnetic lasso or brush tool I set the selection tool to the circle with a feather of 2 pixels and made a big selection circle whose edge matched the top rim of the glass. Then I made another circle selection pressing the option key (mac) or whatever key makes the selection negative so that it takes away from your selection. I lined its edge to the bottom rim of the glass and had a perfectly smooth curved selection of the rim of the glass without spending hours.

Long winded explanation that probably doesn't make a huge amount of sense but I try :-D

Message edited by author 2009-05-20 23:03:03.

Money
by lovethelight

Comment by CorySmith:
woah. talk about an expensive setup

The Necklace
by lovethelight

Comment by jballard:
beautiful!

Martini
by lovethelight

Comment by CorySmith:
wow, I bet the photoshopping around the rim of the glass took forever. excellent work

The Necklace
by lovethelight

Comment by Carlo21:
Great shot. My top choice. Good luck.

The Necklace
by lovethelight

Comment by justine:
Regal. Nice entry and I hope this does well. She is lovely, lighting is great.

The Necklace
by lovethelight

Comment by hesitant:
an example for others