Go Ahead
by Strikeslip

Comment:
Dang...if only the gem was in sharper focus! This is very nicely set up, lit, cropped, worded, and edited. I really like the color choice of lavender with the gold. With the words, I would only make the letters a bit smaller (less significant) and in a more cursive font. Good luck!

Elemental
by utro

Comment:
I believe I can see a fingerprint on the upper left gem.
The brown silk is nice.

Playground window
by tp-fcp

Comment:
Excellent DOF! Great color contrast and composition!

Tack Sharp
by Montereykiddo

Comment:
Chris, Congrats on 4th! Esp B&W is a huge accomplishment! Incredible clarity, dof, and perfect contrast! Jumps out at you! :))

Scissors
by buddybuddy1226

Comment:
640 pixels please, it is so hard to see quality when the shot is so small. Otherwise nice composition contrast and color.

Infrared Rocks!
by marbo

Comment:
Very cool and lovely!
The bottom and left are blurred. I think this would be perfect if it were cropped tighter by about 25% on the left and about 15% on the bottom romoving the distracting specks in the middle of the pool and highlighting the lovely reflection. I am not familiar with a way to do infrared in digital, do you mind sharing with me? Did you just remove all color but Blue?
Good luck! - 9

Celebrating the Creator
by gloda

Comment:
This would be awsome if I could see the beautiful crystal. Perhaps a dark back-drop? and cropped tighter? Great idea!

Turquoise in rocky shap
by h4hmr

Comment:
Love lapidary stuff. This would be a better take if somehow you could not have the scratches. Also bump up the color saturation some and soften the light source so there is less reflection. Also focus could be a little better.
Check out this forum for the jewlery ad //www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=198722
Good luck!

Stare of stone.
by cathysapp

Comment:
interesting, I would like it better if the metal dot 'above' the nose did not show (cropped out) and darder or with more contrast to show the lovely grain in the stone. Nice sculpture! :)

R&S
by figment

Comment:
This is much too small, and dark, very hard to see anything.
If it were much larger and cropped to just the hands (if sharp) it would be very nice.