First time jewelry

I was asked to make a business card last night. I shot this outdoors a little before sunset. Never tried jewelry before and only did it because I'm the only one this person knew with a decent camera and some limited PS skills. In fact, I was taken by surprise and didn't have any time to plan. The left side of the card got cut off when I shrunk it for uploading. Tips for improving this would be appreciated.
Jon

It's definitely serviceable. How did you light it?

Mostly ambient light and slow shutter speed. Used a small, powerful flashlight to try to bring out some highlights, but it ddn't do much.

The image feels a bit flat.

Try bringing the flashlight in level with the table, right above it.

I would not be afraid of creating a little shadow to create a little depth.

Thanks, Matt. I'll try more light next time. I increased the contrast and brightness on the larger glass only using a mask and that seemed to help a lot in terms of getting rid of the dull look.

I think I would have gone with a black background to show off the translucence of the jewelry? What happened to the large piece?

Flo wrote in post #5984068
I think I would have gone with a black background to show off the translucence of the jewelry? What happened to the large piece?

Thats a good idea. Probably better to go low key if you can't go full on high key.

Maybe a piece of marble tile ($3.00 at home depot) would do wonders here.

Matt, what about going for a flat dark Bg instead of getting a reflection from the marble? Unless its not polished, then it doesn't matter. A scrap of black velvet would probably work on the cheap?

I did do some of the glass on some black velvety cloth that I liked , but the glass artist liked the shot with the white better.

glockamole wrote in post #5984596
I did do some of the glass on some black velvety cloth that I liked , but the glass artist liked the shot with the white better.

Looks like a job for a light tent.
There are many reflections in the last shot and some in the first, an age old problem when photographing shiney stuff.
Maybe poking the lens through an old bed sheet trick may help

Thanks, Peter. You're right. We held some cloth over the top (green) because it was handy, but it didn't work too well. I really was caught off guard and the sun was going down. I was scrambling around trying to figure out how to get something useful.

Flo wrote in post #5984386
Matt, what about going for a flat dark Bg instead of getting a reflection from the marble? Unless its not polished, then it doesn't matter. A scrap of black velvet would probably work on the cheap?

That's probably the best bet. At our local, the have some flat black marble tile that catches a very difuse reflection -- almost like a color shadow. I keep meaning to buy a piece and try it. I might do that this weekend.

I was thinking that would be neat -- I certainly agree that shiny marble would be too much.