Wedding Ring

[Chantelle]

I really like this shot I took recently of my friend's wedding ring and her bouitque. Could I have done something different?

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[Gem]

Off the top of my head, maybe have included the entire hand then convert to black and white but still have the wedding band in colour.

ETA: I like that it's a close up, have always wanted to do a shot like this :)

[Mad Aussie]

I like it as is but ..

I wouldn't have cropped that top finger.

Also I think I would have applied some sharpening to the ring itself. - retracted comment

[Chantelle]

The ring is actually alot sharper than that this picture shows...on my computer the image entirely is sharper. Mad Aussie - check out my portfolio, look at that image of this same photo compared to this one. You'll see what I mean. Even that image doesnt show the sharpness that I see on my own computer.

[Barefoot]

The ring is actually alot sharper than that this picture shows...on my computer the image entirely is sharper. Mad Aussie - check out my portfolio, look at that image of this same photo compared to this one. You'll see what I mean. Even that image doesnt show the sharpness that I see on my own computer.

Yea, it’s probably better to upload the image to the site, but some of us are linking from another site to get sharper images. If you have a photobucket account or one like it, then swap the image you uploaded for a linked version.

[Mad Aussie]

Yes a direct link from Flickr, Photobucket etc seems to display a sharper image here.

[Chantelle]

Does that look better?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3350647278_c17e9a049e_o.jpg

[Mad Aussie]

Does that look better?

Yep. Sharper and brighter!

I can now retract my sharpness comment above ;)

[jjeling]

Yes a direct link from Flickr, Photobucket etc seems to display a sharper image here.

This takes too much work for me. It hinders my ability to display a quality image and also hinders everyone elses ability to give a solid critique. I usually skip this part and assume of some degradation due to resizing images for the web. This image I like a lot. The concept is great but I wish I could have seen the whole hand. Four fingers just isn't enough, and if your going to take one out, I would take most out and get even closer(assuming you have the capability) and reveal just the bottom two. All in all it is a good picture and worth sharing.

PS - Nice to see your watermark is different from MA's. You dont want to get your work messed up with his junk! :highfive:

[Mad Aussie]

This takes too much work for me.
A few more minutes to ensure you're presenting your photo as best you can helps I think. I often think a lot of your photos look soft. I put it down to the lens or camera settings more than your ability to produce a sharp image. But maybe you're doing better than I thought and I just can't see it. I think Chantelle's image shows quite clearly that attaching an image through this forum displays a reduced quality as opposed to linking to FLickr for instance.


PS - Nice to see your watermark is different from MA's. You dont want to get your work messed up with his junk! :highfive:
http://www.mtbdirt.com.au/home/smf/Smileys/classic/biglaugha.gif