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Challenge: Jewelry Advertisement (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date: Apr 20, 2005
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60s
Galleries: Fashion, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2005

Shot inside a tent made of Polyethylene foam over a clothes rack.

SB-800 on full-power bounced off the ceiling. Black sheet of paper used as background.

Processing Adobe Photoshop
- Adjusted Curves to make background darker.
- Used Channel Mixer to enhance colours.
- Applied Unsharp Mask.
- Added Text.
- Cropped to balance frame.

Statistics
Place: 23 out of 159
Avg (all users): 6.2983
Avg (commenters): 7.4571
Avg (participants): 6.2000
Avg (non-participants): 6.3696
Views since voting: 1481
Views during voting: 384
Votes: 238
Comments: 42
Favorites: 1 (view)


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06/16/2005 07:08:43 PM
That is really cool. A+ for imagination. The way you did the chain is great.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/01/2005 10:41:14 PM
Text is very dark...difficult to read. Good composition though.
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05/01/2005 08:06:44 PM
Very professional look. May be a little too dim on the letters but great angle.
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05/01/2005 11:23:18 AM
Astounding depth of field with great color. The layout to match the curves of a snake is just subtle enough not to be overpowering but without going unnoticed. This looks consumately professional. Have fun winning the challenge!
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05/01/2005 04:20:52 AM
Clever idea, I would have prefered slightly greater depth of field to show more of the Neclace, however I appreciate this has been deliberatly chosen my you, for the affect.
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05/01/2005 01:22:01 AM
Nice use use of line
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04/30/2005 11:24:36 PM
Type is a little too subtle on my monitor -- I'd have made it a bit brighter.
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04/30/2005 08:59:43 PM
Hard to tell exactly what is been advertised
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04/30/2005 12:48:40 PM
I like this a bit. the composition is very good and your use of focus with the necklace going from focus to extreme blur is a very nice touch. Like the colos as well. The jewels and setting a just a bit dark and lose some detail.

edit: changed blue to blur....yeesh.

Message edited by author 2005-05-02 08:09:40.
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04/29/2005 11:21:13 PM
Nearly perfect ... if only those jewels were shining! :)
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04/29/2005 03:55:20 PM
My favorite for the challenge - great job.
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04/29/2005 03:38:57 PM
This was great on top until i scrolled down and saw the jewel. I love the wispiness of the chain, but the jewel is lost too much in the black of the background.
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04/28/2005 11:35:54 PM
Wow, this is awesome! I really love this shot! Reminds me of the Sentinels in The MAtrix for some reason. Lots of movement which gives the rock a very 'organic' feel. Colours are rich and lighting is dead on. Sharpness seems very good as well, but unfortunatly... and sadly... its SOOO SMALL! ARg! I want to get closer to my screen. I'd wished for something a bit closer. Text is also a bit too 'non existant'. Other then that, Very Very nice work! 8
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04/28/2005 05:03:55 PM
Very well done. 9
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04/28/2005 01:42:55 PM
very, very good, great text, great photo. well done 10
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04/28/2005 12:40:52 PM
Nice and subtle. Discret text, very good.
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04/27/2005 09:45:15 PM
Nicely composed
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04/27/2005 09:21:33 PM
I really like this. It is interesting and compelling.
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04/27/2005 02:00:56 PM
I like the fade out of focus... i could see this being used as an ad. Good Job
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04/27/2005 01:38:42 PM
tell me this isnt a real ad? you must be a pro at this... wow. everything about this screams professionalism :-)
I love you the text appears and disappers when you look at the image from different angles. the design aspects of the image are near flawless and i love the flowing composition of the necklace. well done 10
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04/27/2005 10:41:56 AM
Looks like a snake at the top end! ;^) I like the color combinations you used for this. The text may be just a bit too subdued, but I like the choice of font style, size and color. Only wish I could see just a little more of the main piece of jewelry. Good luck in the challenge.
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04/27/2005 08:57:38 AM
simple ... nice
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04/27/2005 08:05:46 AM
The mamba is one of the earth's most deadly poisonous snakes; when it bites, that's it. So I am entertained by the visual allusion to a snake in this photo as well as the textual one. It's a nice capture and negative space is used very well.
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04/27/2005 04:46:41 AM
Unique layout/composition here.
Image overall is a bit on the dark side inmy opinion, or the main jewelry cluster could have been a little bigger to offsets the lighting. Text/font used is great,and I like the subdued appearance of it, but again just a little too dark to me.
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04/26/2005 05:59:05 PM
The font, comp, and piece are outstanding. The font needs to be a different color as I can barely see the text. The piece should be larger and be the feature of the ad. Very nice,
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04/26/2005 03:56:55 PM
Subtle, sophisticated, professional. Great composition. Couple of comments: mamba too dark I think and perhaps pendant stones are sharpened beyond the available detail. Great overall
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04/26/2005 02:21:31 PM
classy
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04/25/2005 08:59:22 PM
the lettering is too light IMO
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04/25/2005 06:53:31 PM
I like the sinuous movement of this ad; it is very effective with the black background..well done..8
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04/25/2005 05:39:27 PM
Love the lines. Excellent choice of font and font color. Composition might have worked a bit better if the front end of the jewel was placed with an angle instead of a straight horizontal line... Good work!
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04/25/2005 04:17:28 PM
A litle more light on the stones and lighter text would make this on great 7
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04/25/2005 03:51:47 PM
Love the composition. Excellent DOF! The overall lighting on the necklace stones is too subdued and contrasty however. Overall excellent. 7
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04/25/2005 03:39:52 PM
Very nice lighting and dof. You achieved a good contrast. The text choice is perfectly understated! 8
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04/25/2005 01:57:58 PM
Much too dark ..... Diagonal composition work very well though
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04/25/2005 11:14:00 AM
I think you got hit by the same problem I did. Bet you composed this on an LCD monitor. But on CRT it's real dark and hard to read. So you'll probably lose a point or two for that.. But great composition...nicely done
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04/25/2005 10:43:06 AM
Nicely done!
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04/25/2005 10:27:28 AM
I like how the necklace fades away
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04/25/2005 10:11:37 AM
Very nice. 9
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04/25/2005 01:20:21 AM
Wow Beautiful good work !
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04/25/2005 01:05:59 AM
Nice use of chain as leadin viewer into photo. 8
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04/25/2005 01:01:19 AM
font is faded or very light? like the lighting on the stone :-) gl
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04/25/2005 12:26:11 AM
I appreciate how the text does not overwhelm this image, a really nice subtle/simple picture.
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