Taken in sunlight through the window, with two mirrors as reflectors, thought it might brighten the highlights.
Slight desat, levels, unsharp mask, cloned out a mole.
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I think the lighting here is too harsh, as it casts some odd shadows and makes many hot spots of the jewelry. Granted, it also casts some interesting reflections on your model's skin.
Great idea and composition, but the lighting isn't working for something to be in a print ad. Too much shadow from the left, and the stones are turned on the left side too. The best thing about this shot is the lovely skin tones!
Lighting is very interesting, as it gives good sparkly reflection on the skin. Unfortunatly the composition is not very interesting; no features, no movement, could've been a plastic doll. Also the composition is not even, which bugs my eyes some (two black spots on each sides). 5
I don't know what to say; I think it's uninteresting that you croped the head of your model. It's not very esthetic to chop someone's head. If you only wanted to photograph the neckless, you would have benn better putting it on a flat surface.
Nice piece of jewelry. How did you get the reflective sparkle off of natural skin? That's very cool. IMO this would have worked a little better if it had been cropped to exclude most of the neck.
I'm not sure if the composition is too centered or not, and honestly don't know what to suggest one way or another. Detail is great, but the reflections on the skin kinda' distract. Multiple (and soft) light sources would have helped here. A simple, white border may have been a litle more effective too. (7)
great lighting. Nice shine on the gems. I'd have perhaps cropped the top just slightly lower, 1/3 inch more or so, to really put the focus on the necklace.
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