A Few Photos with Light Box

[marcy]

Thanks Karl and MonkeyPie. I was kind of surprised how well the light box worked on my gemstones. I can''t wait to have time to go play with it.

 

[marcy]

Here is my gem dish. The colors came out pretty good I think.

 

[marcy]

Some of the arrows in my diamond.

 

[marcy]

Pink sapphire.

 

[marcy]

Ametrine with stupid speck of dust showing. Nothing like living where you have pretty much no humidity. If it wasn''t past my bedtime I''d be trying to find it.

 

[Harriet]

Date: 1/30/2009 1:24:11 AM
Author: marcyc
Here is my gem dish. The colors came out pretty good I think.

They look like candies/sweets/lollies.

 

[marcy]

Date: 1/30/2009 1:26:52 AM
Author: Harriet

Date: 1/30/2009 1:24:11 AM
Author: marcyc
Here is my gem dish. The colors came out pretty good I think.

They look like candies/sweets/lollies.

They are my prozac in a jar. They soothe my soul.

 

[Harriet]

I should learn from you to take joy in the small things.

 

[marcy]

Date: 1/30/2009 1:41:41 AM
Author: Harriet
I should learn from you to take joy in the small things.

It took me a long time to learn that lesson my friend. Sometimes I will just dump out my gemstones and just go through them and look at them. I find it very entertaining and relaxing.

 

[bee*]

I love them marcy! Especially the third one that you posted

 

[marcy]

Thank you Bee.

 

[marcy]

Here are a few more with the light box. I did not alter the lighting or color in any way. I used manual settings, f32 at 5 seconds on a tripod for all these photos. I cropped them and saved them as jpeg.

These are my diamond dangle earrings.

 

[marcy]

My stupid dust spots are back too. Emerald ring.

 

[marcy]

Pendant.

 

[marcy]

Rhodolite ring (with old diamond earrings as side stones).

 

[marcy]

Studs.

 

[marcy]

Irradiated blue diamond.

 

[marcy]

Wedding ring.

 

[Harriet]

Date: 1/30/2009 1:48:08 AM
Author: marcyc

Date: 1/30/2009 1:41:41 AM
Author: Harriet
I should learn from you to take joy in the small things.

It took me a long time to learn that lesson my friend. Sometimes I will just dump out my gemstones and just go through them and look at them. I find it very entertaining and relaxing.

Btw, I finally tried out my new camera. I still suck.

 

[Skippy123]

those look beautiful!

 

[marcy]

Harriet, what are you trying to take pictures of with your camera? Maybe I can help.

Thanks Skippy.

 

[bling addict]

Seriously fabulous photos Marcy

 

[marcy]

Thank you Bling Addict. I had fun playing with the light box.

 

[Harriet]

Date: 2/1/2009 12:47:15 AM
Author: marcyc
Harriet, what are you trying to take pictures of with your camera? Maybe I can help.

Gemmies, of course. The dog is about the only thing I can capture accurately.

 

[marcy]

Does your camera / lens have a macro setting? Do you have a tripod? I take mine on macro setting with my camera on a tripod. If you have a manual setting you can try that. You have a Canon Rebel right? I can go look up info on it if that's your camera for sure.

 

[Harriet]

Hi Marcy,
I used the auto macro setting, but not the tripod. Let me try again with the tripod and a macro lens. I do have a Rebel, but don''t worry about it. Thanks though!

 

[marcy]

Date: 2/1/2009 9:21:06 PM
Author: Harriet
Hi Marcy,
I used the auto macro setting, but not the tripod. Let me try again with the tripod and a macro lens. I do have a Rebel, but don''t worry about it. Thanks though!

The tripod will probably help. Good luck. I can''t wait to see your pictures.

 

[Harriet]

Did you use a macro lens or just the macro setting?

 

[marcy]

These photos were taken with a macro lens. My camera doesn''t have a macro setting but since yours does it should work fine for you.

 

[Harriet]

Ok. Thanks, friend.