Please give me your C&C on this picture. This bracelet is my mum and she did not maintain it well, so if you really look at it, it got dirt on the diamond's surface. Need comments on the composition, the approach etc.
Hi IsenGrim,hmm i think it would be nice if can be taken fomr a lower angle, like almost level with the front of the first diamond. almost like its "looking" back at you..
and use a glossly reflective surface... and .. erm use directed light to put a "sparkle" into the left most gem...to make it "smile" at you...
my 2 cents =D
On the other hand, I really hope I can take all the diamonds nicely and sharp. But I cant afford the TS-E
Hi lennyl,Maybe if you sell the diamonds? :bsmilie: Oh wait, then you won't have diamonds to shoot ;p
How about if you have the diamonds parallel to the film plane, then tilt them with Photoshop? Or use a smaller aperture for more DOF then apply Gaussian blur to the rest of the bracelet? Or a combination of the two? Other than it being "cheating" and not being a particularly elegant solution (I like to get it right out of the camera too) can someone tell me why it can't work? I obviously haven't tried it myself.
Back to topic, any comments or advise to improve this picture?
Anyway your method is good when the subject is in the same direction. In my case, I dun think you can PP until as good as TS-E as the subject is placed in a curve manner.
Back to topic, any comments or advise to improve this picture?
I thought having the diamonds in sharper focus will improve the photo. I take back my "smaller aperture" remark - I notice that you're already shooting at f/16. How about focus bracketing and then blending in Photoshop?
Other than that I agree with the others who think it should look better with the whole bracelet.
What's the blue, anyway? I thought it was part of the bracelet until psycho pointed out it could be a reflection.