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Wedding Rings Anonymous !SDPEsPMnww
They came in a few days ago, so I decided to take some good macro shots of them. Some of these pics were taken with the EF 50mm f/1.4 at f/8 and f/11, the rest were with the EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS at f/11 f/16 and f/22 in the macro zoom range. Sorry if they're a little big (resized to 50%), but they must be for you to see the detail well enough.
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>> Anonymous !SDPEsPMnww
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>> Anonymous !SDPEsPMnww
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Here's the setup. I used my computer as a remote shutter button and held a silver clipboard to the camera's right side to add fill light and create highlights off the shiny parts of the ring.

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>> Anonymous
needs less stopped down. looks like youre losing a lot of sharpness to diffraction in the last couple. also the photos are pretty meh, but they are good for showing people the ring i guess. except skip the whole part with the box and opening it. maybe 1 of those.
>> Anonymous
the rings look cheap
>> thefamilyman !!rTVzm2BgTOa
box is bigger than i thought.
Also, WB is a bit off, a green cast on most of the images.
>> Anonymous !SDPEsPMnww
>>97292
Even the professionally made pictures in the advertising don't do these rings justice. They're much more beautiful in real life.

>>97290
In order to fill the frame as much as possible and get enough depth of field, I had to stop them down a lot. I'm not sure what else to do, since the depth of field in the last photo was about 1.5cm. Focusing was incredibly difficult.
>> Anonymous
>>97295
dont worry about filling the frame as much. pull back, take the photo, then crop it if you want it to make it fill the frame.
>> Anonymous !SDPEsPMnww
>>97294Also, WB is a bit off, a green cast on most of the images.
Ahh, I see. I set the color temperature to 5100K, which is what looked the best in Lightroom, but I couldn't figure out why it was still off. Digital Photo Professional's white balance controls are fail.

>>97296
I'll keep that in mind next time. Thanks.
>> BlackAdder !!bSWRwu/NqzQ
Stick with the 50mm for sharpness, stop it down and throw in as much bright light as you can gather (suddenly - lamps everywhere!) so you can still have a large enough DOF if that is the look you want.

The rings look nice though. I want to see you try to get some shots of those rings with the 50mm and crop if you have to instead of using that zoom. The IQ is much better wit your fixed focal length shots there.
>> Anonymous !SDPEsPMnww
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How's this for the white balance? I'll remember to get a gray card or something and set the white balance before-hand next time X-(

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>> Anonymous
>>97300
Much better.
>> Anonymous
No offense but I could probably do a better job than this with a PowerShot.
>> Anonymous
>>97334
Also the lighting is not very flattering.
>> Anonymous
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Warmer lighting or mixing shades would work better for wedding rings.
I found this as an example:

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