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Round Brilliant Two-Tone Ring
Round Brilliant Two-Tone Ring
mocabela


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Jewelry Advertisement (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: My desk
Date: Apr 20, 2005
Aperture: F/4.5
Shutter: 1/20 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2005

Photographed a ring on its side on the black surface of my desk with natural window light. Taken handheld. I realize it looks a little overexposed.. it's not. I processed it that way, as jewelry often appears to be in ads. I expect a bad score, though.

Editing: Resized, curves, levels, spot editing, burning, sharpening, light Neat Image, adjustment layers, text added.

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 159
Avg (all users): 6.4440
Avg (commenters): 7.0600
Avg (participants): 6.3786
Avg (non-participants): 6.4928
Views since voting: 2037
Views during voting: 483
Votes: 241
Comments: 58
Favorites: 1 (view)


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05/02/2005 03:03:46 PM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish. Very well done.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/01/2005 11:37:22 PM
Using all caps in the text is kind of overpoweing. Excellent lighting and composition. 9.
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05/01/2005 11:26:48 PM
Absolutely beutiful ad..just wish there was a little more sparkle in the stones.
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05/01/2005 11:18:27 PM
This is a very striking image and layout. I like the use of the strong light/dark division to emphasize the two-tone silver and gold. You've captured great detail in the gems and settings. Excellent. (9)
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05/01/2005 09:35:14 PM
Sweet! I like it - one of the best of the challenge.
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05/01/2005 07:42:40 PM
Good presentation and lighting to accomodate message. One may question font size but otherwise good job. Bumping up.
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04/30/2005 11:50:11 PM
Interesting way to show the ring. Lighting is interesting, especially the way it splits the picture in half. Text is unfortunatly way too much to read and takes too much space, taking lots away from the jewel itself. Not sure on the texturized background tho, kind of takes away from the lustrate and shinny ring. 6
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04/30/2005 10:49:34 PM
A little over-sharpened, but nice layout. 7
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04/30/2005 09:02:00 PM
Not sure whats not quite right, maybe to much sharpening, the ring needs a bit more dof
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04/30/2005 05:47:33 PM
well done I like the progression of the lighting it gets the eye to the text as well 8
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04/30/2005 02:58:25 PM
Great composition and lettering! Unfortunately the detail on the background in the lower left steals the focus of the viewer. Ring should be at a different angle to show off the two colors of the metal and to hightlight the stones.
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04/30/2005 02:00:12 PM
The photo itself is great. Great lighting, and jewels look clear. The text takes away from the photo, however. Smaller, more elegant text might have done better. Good job, overall, tho.
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04/30/2005 12:19:08 PM
The hot spot on the center diamond is distracting.
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04/29/2005 02:34:45 PM
well done
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04/29/2005 02:03:05 PM
Quality stock photo. Professional work.
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04/29/2005 01:53:19 PM
IMHO almost seems as it was oversharpened
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04/29/2005 06:44:48 AM
excellent exquisit job. Just would like more to see it withought the letters. 8
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04/29/2005 01:28:25 AM
Not bad, but maybe the ring lying flat would have shown more detail of the gems.
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04/28/2005 08:49:13 PM
Nice ring. Good position and composition. Focus on the right part. Well lit and nice surface. Text a bit too intrusive for my taste.
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04/28/2005 05:43:17 PM
First two lines would have been enough here I think. Great macro of the ring...one of the best lit shots in the challenge. This is definitely ad quality.
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04/28/2005 04:57:56 PM
The light is a bit strong on the top of the photo, making it hard to see the two-tone effect. Focus on the diamonds is good.
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04/28/2005 04:05:36 PM
great shot
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04/28/2005 02:58:27 PM
Interesting composition. A tiny bit more sparkle on the stones is all I might wish for.
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04/28/2005 12:18:30 PM
i like this the way the backgrounds clash very nice and artistic the stone are very sharp as well very nice job
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04/27/2005 09:41:29 PM
Very nicely done - Lighting, color, compostion.
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04/27/2005 09:28:31 PM
I can see this in a catalog. Well done.
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04/27/2005 02:20:46 PM
Not sure if the ring would be better laying flat but still a 9.
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04/27/2005 01:24:15 PM
excellent. 10
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04/27/2005 11:32:18 AM
Great composition, color and lighting. I gave this photo a 10.
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04/27/2005 10:31:58 AM
Very nice composition!
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04/27/2005 08:56:22 AM
very well done
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04/27/2005 12:15:37 AM
ok ok back to correct my score of 5 for typo - I stand corrected as to the spelling of JEWELRY . . .seem to forget that there are others who are not american on here : ) bump to 8
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04/26/2005 02:44:25 PM
pretty focus
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04/26/2005 02:25:09 PM
This ad is sooo close to being perfect. Great,great comp and i can feel the texture. Yoour choice of lighting is also very good However, I don't get the two-tone and I'd ask for more diamond and setting and less ring. I'd probably ask for a horizontal orientation.
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04/26/2005 02:23:13 PM
Great shot of the ring, but all the writing takes the eye away from it.
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04/26/2005 01:06:28 PM
Interesting choice of background. Good job on the DOF. I'm thinking you probably should have rotated the ring up a bit to show off the diamond and lose the photographers reflection in the band above the jewels. ;^)
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04/26/2005 12:03:18 PM
Gosh diamonds are hard to photograph! :) Nice work, but the diamonds look like rocks more than they do diamonds. 7 The background also looks a little "hard".
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04/26/2005 09:43:52 AM
I know it may be hard but I would have liked the ring rolled upward, showing all diamonds. Still this is well done.
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04/26/2005 08:46:06 AM
nice one but to much text
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04/26/2005 03:37:40 AM
nice advertisment good image
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04/26/2005 12:05:04 AM
WOW LOVELY
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04/25/2005 08:38:23 PM
This is really nice, but I think all the diamonds should be showing. That's just my personal preference. The shot is great. 8
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04/25/2005 04:28:55 PM
What can I say, this is just exceptional! The only suggestion is to rotate the ring so that the center stone is angled up higher instead of resting on the surface and thus being angled down. Perhaps use a dot of glue to prop it in that position. Other than the position of the stones, you nailed this one with this excellent jewellery advertisment! 10
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04/25/2005 03:44:44 PM
Nice. You provided a lot of contrast and reflections, but were able to keep the detail.
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04/25/2005 12:25:44 PM
Nice photo. Well executed. Text over powers the subject in my opinion. Perhaps a smaller font and with less space between the lines would help. Fewer words would also limit the impact. How about "Light the way into her heart with the elegance of our new two-tone jewelry?"
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04/25/2005 12:15:11 PM
excellent lighting
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04/25/2005 11:25:14 AM
Love the deatil on the peice the ring is on. Adds alot that the light is coming fromt he left then broken up by the black. I gave this an 7.
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04/25/2005 10:28:12 AM
Maybe a bit to much contrast on the ring, it isn't shining.
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04/25/2005 09:52:32 AM
Very nice. My only suggestion would be to get the light pointed right at that top diamond to see it sparkle more.
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04/25/2005 05:45:43 AM
Another very nice picture. The fonts are a tad too sharp. A very light Gaussian Blur (filter, not style) would've helped a lot. Stille a nice picture.
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04/25/2005 02:17:33 AM
I love th ecomposition and the lighting here.
The text is too much in my opinion. A few words on upper right would have placed this one much higher.
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04/25/2005 02:06:12 AM
Full of envy here. Great work on those diamonds.
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04/25/2005 02:03:23 AM
Love the textures in this shot. Nice composition. Great colors. Would give a 9, but will give 8 ... sorry dude, the text needs to go. ;-)
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04/25/2005 01:44:53 AM
Magnificent. Great lighting and detail on the ring.
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04/25/2005 01:24:30 AM
very nice !!
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04/25/2005 01:10:21 AM
brilliant! Looks like a real ad.
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04/25/2005 12:35:51 AM
The excessive space between the lines if forgivable, but the misspelling of jewelry... well... However, this shot is brilliant! You should try to get the store to use it. I really like it.
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04/25/2005 12:35:42 AM
nice shot...highlight on center stone is debatable...gl
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