1.5 CTW champagne diamond earrings set in rose gold.
I set them on a mirror, hung a small wreath centerpeice with decorative ornaments on it for festive reflection off of the mirror. I used a normal desk lamp aimed from the right side at the earrings. The diamonds did the rest.
Post exposure, there wasnt much I did to this photo,I cropped both sides since the edge of the glass seemed distracting and I used the healing brush to get rid of 2 specs of dust on the mirror.
It looks like something out of a Jared or Sears advertisement to me.
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I'm not sure the reflection helps the photo. It causes the earrings (?) to blend together into what appears to be a single blob (a very expensive blob probably) And the background is rather questionable as well. The red ball is kind of odd and it's reflection is right next to the earrings.
This looks like a good idea but the stones are not reflected well.....and i'm not sure what to comment about the problem. I have tremendous problems lighting jewelry too. Good imagination though.
I appreciate the effort, you really tried to do a christmas catalog item. However, I find that reflection hard to look at - I guess it is because there is more than ONE reflection, there seem to be several layers of it.
The placement of the studs could be better, too - this is too close to dead center, but not even quite there.
I've tried a shot like this before, and with the same results in the reflection with the ghosting. One comment was made to me about the lighting, and if there was more than one light. I guess multiple lights will do that to the reflection. Just food for thought!
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