wedding rings

[GeorgieGirl]

It is that bad eh .

Yes.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Well, you put your self in a tough spot. Lighting jewelry well is kinda hard. Try to light the jewelry well AND get bokehbackground. *ughh*Don't worry about focus stacking, but try to get enough DoF to have decent focus just past the marquise stones. These shots arent horrible, but they aren't showing of the jewelry enough, especially because you want to show the bands are different.

 

[sierramister]

Shooting the rings is the only thing I concede creativity on. Flowers or wedding certificate every time.

 

[Robin Usagani]

Bitter, I have used really small aperture on a tripod. I dont know what else I could have done but setting it farther and do digital crop. I usually like to put the rings all facing up and shot from the side but the engagement ring is so top heavy and the bottom is so thin. I couldnt stand it up even with my hair pomade lol. Unfortunately I really need deep dof.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Really? What lens did you use? The 90mm?


I use beeswax to stand rings up.

 

[Robin Usagani]

Yes. I take that back.. my aperture werent that small because i didnt like the bokeh. Stupid me. I was focusing on how the background look rather than how the ring looked.

Really? What lens did you use? The 90mm?

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

You don't need really deep DoF, but just another quarter to half inch, to catch the detail of the engagement ring. You should be able to achieve that and keep decent bokehdots.

 

[Robin Usagani]

Well, if I am not happy with the shot tomorrow, I can always borrow them again lol. We share a wall. Lucky me. I moved to a new house and got a wedding client.

 

[Fleacz]

nice lookin pictures, kinda lack some color. the soft bokeh has a nice effect however.

 

[kundalini]

It looks like the rings are getting in the way of your background.

Try placing them on an upturned wineglass or hang from a fishing line so that they have a suspended look to them. The transistion from the dark table and the bright "bubbles" don't really work IMO.

Also, the frontal assault of the lighting is not all that appealing either. Bounce, diffuse or add more.