purple reign

This silver heart pendant with amethyst was created for me by my daughter, Clare, a silversmith.

I decided to have a try at photographing it and some of the other pieces she has made for me. Clare sometimes uses slate as a background so that was my starting point.

Then I found that my pink t-shirt was giving some bright and unwanted reflections so it was back to the wardrobe.

I photographed the pendant in low-key and then gave it a tiny bit of HDR plus vignette in Picasa. Voici!

[Sian B]

Superb! fav

[Jan Hall]

excellent photo, beautiful piece

[Anne]

Gorgeous pendant and great capture

[Graham Thresher]

A beautiful shot. Fav.

[Laetitia Petrussa]

Fabulous. This is beautiful jewelry too!

[wendy frost]

You have a very talented daughter it is a beautiful pendant and so special for you I expect knowing it was made for you with love by your daughter

[Andrea]

😍fav😊 I love hearts so a fav for me

[Sam]

Both you and your daughter are very talented :)

[Robyn]

Great dof

[Dawn Swingle]

Beautiful photo, and beautiful piece of jewelry!

[Julie Duncan]

Really pretty! She is very talented! And, so are you! :)

[Hazel A]

Lovely shot Hazel. Jewellery is so difficult to photograph

[Rosie Kind]

Beautiful and what a clever daughter you have. Also I admire your abilities to do all this editing as I haven't really got a clue and tend to upload SOOC. I'm a bit lazy about it all really!

[Rosie Kind]

By the way Fav

[Rosie Kerr]

Beautiful shot of some lovely jewelry... I really like the story behind it. Your processing is spot-on.

[Pat Knowles]

Your clever daughter has made a beautiful piece just for you Hazel.....your colours too! Fancy having your own jewellery designer! A piece you will be proud to wear.

[Gena Pegg]

This is so lovely and what a treasure. Beautifully captured. Your daughter is very talented!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

This is beautiful. Your daughter does wonderful work.

[Fiona]

Great image of a super object - what a talented daughter you have!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

A beautiful capture and beautiful silver item. The title made me think of the Prince song, "Purple Rain".

[Jason Ayer]

My daughter's name is Amethyst, hence, a lot of her jewelry uses that stone. She would love this. It's gorgeous.

[Hazel]

@jasonayer

Jason, what a beautiful name! If it interests you to have a peek at Clare's jewellery you can see some of it here. http://folksy.com/shops/rosemadder8
She works very much on individual commissions with her clients.

[Hazel]

@ladymagpie

Clare was a fan of Prince in her teens but I didn't know the name of the song - so that's a coincidence!!

[Penelope Ann]

so talented just like her mum

[Richard Creese]

Very well taken, love the focus.

[Hazel]

@richardcreese

Richard, thank you, it's given me confidence to try photographing some more jewellery items.

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Pyrrhula]

I like you daughters works (you already know`s that) I think you did a great pic, of it that shows the beauty of it very well.
I myself have always big problems with capture my jewels. Even by the finest polish you see scratches on the pic. And the background. I never have found a good one. ( I`ve tried black velvet and paper , turns out to be hopeless)

[Carys]

Gorgeous colours and comp!

[Leah]

Beautiful capture of this stunning piece of jewelry!!! Your daughter is quite an artist!!!

[Sharon]

Gorgeous creation, very talented

[Boxplayer]

This is a beautiful piece, nicely photographed. Have just been drooling over her other pieces on her site!

[Margaret Brown]

Beautiful Nice focus and lighting

[Hazel]

@pyrrhula

I have a piece of slate (which is really a cheese board) and that's what I used for this shot. It still took quite a bit of time to get a good photo.

[Joy Maguire]

Great dof

[Andrew]

great subject and I really like the composition.

[Faye Turner]

What a wonderful gift! Very pretty and interesting!

[Babs]

What a beautiful pendant and photographed to perfection. You have really done it justice. You have a very talented daughter.

[Nita]

A lovely shot of your especially made piece. You daughter is most talented.

[Catherine W.]

Wow! She is very talented! Beautiful piece and lovely shot!!! Fav for me too!

[Tammy]

So very pretty! I love your necklace - your daughter is very talented. Wonderful capture!

[Sandy]

How beautiful. She is very talented.

[Claire]

This is just beautiful, what a talented daughter you have. She must taken after you

[linda]

lovely shot a fav

[James_Nicholas]

Lovely pendant.