Brian,

Here are a couple examples of recent shots. The bracelet is obviously shadowed due to the block I've got it sitting on, but I ran into an issue with a blown highlight (it's obvious). But I think I'm sticking with it because even with a diffuser in front of the piece I was getting it (and I ...

Brian,

Thanks so much for your feedback, I truly appreciate it! And I loved your two examples, they're definitely superior to mine technically. I agree I have too much shadow, which has been fixed since I took this shot.

I ordered an EZ soft box but the front dome was out of stock for a few days ...

Hello,

I have no problems with the achieved sharpness of the necklace; it is great.
But the background seems too similar in tone and pattern to the jewelry and I do not see why it would have to be in focus at all. More separation between the two would be good.
Somehow it might be good to get the ...

Hi All,

Just took this tonight with 10 exposures. Nikon D300, 18-200VR at 52mm, ISO 200, f/5.6. I also stuck an SB-800 flash behind the bust to light up the background. Flash was set at -1 ev with a diffuser cap at 14mm, camera was set to 0.0 ev.

The 18-200VR lens is not a dedicated macro lens, so ...

Trying a different color space

Necklace photographed with an EZ Lightbox, Nikon D300, 70-200mm f/2.8 lens at 105mm and f/5.6, ISO 200. Took seven varying focus lengths and combined in the trial version of Focus Pro x64.

All in all I'm very impressed with this software. Pity it's too expensive to purchase! For just a little more ...