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Pearldragon
Pearldragon
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Challenge: Jewelry Advertisement (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Sony DSC-P10
Location: Reykjavík
Date: Apr 20, 2005
Aperture: F/2,8
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/8 sec
Galleries: Fashion, Studio
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2005

Autolevels used, it changed little though.
Increased saturation.
Used unsharpen mask.
Used burn on the background and healing brush on some spots on the pearls.

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Place: 118 out of 159
Avg (all users): 5.0680
Avg (commenters): 5.4400
Avg (participants): 4.8317
Avg (non-participants): 5.2282
Views since voting: 778
Views during voting: 338
Votes: 250
Comments: 27
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05/05/2005 01:10:47 PM
Thank you for entering the DPChallenge, Jewelry Advertisment.

Great idea showing the pearl jewelry in a serpentine pattern. The overall design is very interesting. A piece of jewelry that will be notice by everyone. The tree rows of pearls on the subject draws the eye to the front and back of the jewelry.

I wonder if you could have fit the entire piece on the frame. The rear portion of the jewelry is out of sight. The head of the piece is a bit blurry, or out of focus.

The gold light bouncing off the pearls makes it attractive. However the overall tone of the image is dark. There seems to be area's in the photo that need some highlights, in order to show more details. There is also some grain/noise on the pearls themselves. This could be from an understated light source. Or even from the light shine projected on them. Wondering if you had re position the jewelry in the opposite direction, if it would have presented better. In other words, have the dragon head piece on the right side instead of the left side, as you have it now. This way it would view left to right. It would have given you a another lighting angle for your photo.

Like the title and the compositional idea's. A bit dark and noisey. Check your image output size to maximize the number of pixels for a better internet display.

Good luck on your next DPChallenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/01/2005 10:47:22 PM
Nice lay out and use of splitting the frame with diagonals.
Overall the lighting seems good, but the focus is a bit off / noisy.
Using as much of the 150K as possible will only help to not compress the image. If you need help in understanding or making these happen, please don't hesitate to PM me and I can give you some pointers. (5)
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05/01/2005 07:15:06 PM
Nice photo, just a pity about the noise. Try some neatimage on this and see how good it looks!
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05/01/2005 05:46:18 PM
Good work, I love the curves and lighting.
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05/01/2005 11:53:55 AM
I like this, maybe increase the DOF to include the dragon head too.
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04/30/2005 11:47:17 PM
Cool idea, i like the movement this shot offers. Unfortunatly lighting is poor and sharpness suffers greatly. Colours are a bit stale too. 6
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04/30/2005 08:26:06 PM
Not bad but my wife did wonder about the color of the pearls shouldn't they be white?
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04/30/2005 07:11:54 PM
good shape and contrat with back ground makes it stand out. 6
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04/30/2005 02:04:38 PM
Neat idea, but there's too much noise and the lighting is too muted.
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04/30/2005 03:37:35 AM
Appear noisy
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04/30/2005 12:08:54 AM
A little to dark, but I really like the curves and composition you used. Good luck!
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04/29/2005 10:09:33 PM
This appears to be a bit noisy to me, though I very much like the composition and and repeatingn light in the pearls.
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04/29/2005 06:43:37 PM
missing some sharpness.
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04/29/2005 01:50:58 PM
Dragon head is out of focus a touch IMO. Lovely lighting and layout.
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04/29/2005 01:43:45 PM
Seems as if there is a noise problem
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04/29/2005 04:33:15 AM
too yellow
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04/28/2005 08:56:58 PM
Looks like the noise got in here. Otherwise beutiful.
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04/27/2005 08:40:05 PM
I like the composition and lighting. It definitely has the feel of a jewelry advertizement.
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04/27/2005 03:04:20 PM
The head is maybe to tight in the corner and lots of camera noise visable.
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04/26/2005 04:42:40 AM
Composition is excellent, but the lighting seems a bit off to me, but I appreciate the look you were going for. Its a bit dark, & the reflections on the pearls are a bit too bright. They also seem a bit noisy. Iots a really nice peice of Jewelry though!
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04/26/2005 02:24:07 AM
nice
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04/25/2005 07:27:30 PM
I see lots of noise and ?pixels here. I'm thinking the shot is good but maybe it's the post processing.
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04/25/2005 03:31:14 PM
beautifully photographed. The title really fits.
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04/25/2005 10:16:47 AM
very nice pearls. I would love to see this closest end a little clearer
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04/25/2005 06:46:56 AM
Lots of noise in this image.
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04/25/2005 02:07:57 AM
The pearls are all in focus, unfortunately, the clasp seems to be a bit soft. Great flowing shape, in a strong S
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04/25/2005 12:55:22 AM
luster?over sharp...seem 'gritty'...
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