Amethyst Petals
Amethyst Petals Madagascar Amethyst Prelude Design by Edith Strout Revisiting an Old Favorite ...
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Lady in Pink
Lady in Pink Cubic Zirconia 59.4 ct – 17.4 mm Traditional Asscher Design with Variation by Dale P Carriere Faceting by Dale P Carriere I entered the “Asscher Edition” with the goal in mind of producing and executing a diamond based design that would work well in colored stones. My entry is “Lady In Pink”. The lady is pink Cubic Zirconia. She turned out with incredible “depth of...
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Kenyan Blue Green Feldspar Heart Hepta Heart Design by Michiko Huynh Faceting by Michiko Huynh Size and weight: 11.5 mm wide x 11.5 mm long x 7.4 mm deep and 4.40 carats NOTE: This stone still has a few large but faint feathers (or inclusions). It is a bright and beautiful stone nonetheless. It is practically eye-clean. It is a good example how a cut can mask the inclusions. However, it is a...
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KALEIDOSCOPIC GEMSTONE IMAGES These images were created very simply by using the image processor at Kazydad www.krazydad.com/kaleidoscope. I first saw them used by Dawn Blair of Dawn Blair Jewelry. You can see her fantastic images here: www.dawnblairjewelry.com/kaleidoscopejewelry I think the real trick to creating an interesting Kaleidoscopic gemstone image is to follow the convention of...
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A very pretty Rhodolite Garnet. Kenyan Rhodolite Garnet 3.58 gram 1.90 x .96 x .78 cm Price: Sold Please contact Gichuchu Okeno about similar garnets and gemstones. Gichuchu Okeno BRAYOGO SAFARIS CO. LTD. Voi – Tsavo, Kenya Mobile 254 721 362769 Tel 254 43 2030455 Email: okenog@brayogosafaris.com ...
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Elaine Songer’s Opal Moon for Robyn Hawk I remember last year around Halloween Robyn loved my Something Wicked Halloween photo. With that in mind, I took liberties with Elaine Songer’s Opal and created this digital montage for Robyn to celebrate Halloween 2010. The work also marks the very successful completion of eye surgery for Elaine! Congratulations both for wonderful work in the...
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Glamour Shot The Product Shot or Knockout Shot Reduced Scale A third gemstone photography convention in this growing list to consider are photos that utilize Reduced Scale. In the process of photographing and publishing on the web it is relatively easy to reproduce large or small photos of gemstones. If the quality of the file is low the gems must remain small when produced online, and the...
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Diffusion Media Quite often while shooting gemstones the resulting light reflection will give a burned or very hot look to the stone and will produce overexposed facets in the photograph. I find this happens a bit more on lighter gems as opposed to dark ones but with light or dark stones I use almost exclusively some type of diffusion media on each and every one of my shots. Color is King in...
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There are many photography conventions when shooting gemstones. I find the best approach is to portray an honest straightforward rendition of the stone. There are many successful ways to capture an image of a gemstone and a multitude of approaches by successful photographers. The biggest challenge I find is how to show a static image of an object that is best viewed through movement in real...
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