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Some Real Life Pics

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rosetta

Joined: January 7th, 2010, 2:01 am

by rosetta » February 27th, 2010, 1:38 am

Mostly taken without flash in dull UK daylight.

I''m keeping it to 2-3 pics of each stone.

Here we go...

First up, 3ct amethyst

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rosetta

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by rosetta » February 27th, 2010, 1:38 am

with flash

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rosetta

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by rosetta » February 27th, 2010, 1:39 am

golden tourmaline ?1.5ct ish

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rosetta

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by rosetta » February 27th, 2010, 1:40 am

same stone, with flash

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rosetta

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by rosetta » February 27th, 2010, 1:43 am

malaya garnet 1.44 ct
cut by gary braun

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rosetta

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by rosetta » February 27th, 2010, 1:44 am

same stone

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rosetta

Joined: January 7th, 2010, 2:01 am

by rosetta » February 27th, 2010, 1:47 am

mahenge spinel 0.86 ct

gary braun

pure pink (but lighter than what i would call hot pink)

great stone

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rosetta

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by rosetta » February 27th, 2010, 1:48 am

sorry bout the blurry pics!

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rosetta

Joined: January 7th, 2010, 2:01 am

by rosetta » February 27th, 2010, 1:50 am

6 ct zircon

great color in real life!

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rosetta

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by rosetta » February 27th, 2010, 1:51 am

better represention of color, but still dark

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rosetta

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by rosetta » February 27th, 2010, 1:53 am

extra one of this one

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Kim Bruun

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by Kim Bruun » February 27th, 2010, 1:53 am

Ah, the challenges of photographing gems! I will say that the colours of your garnet and your spinel are beautiful. No doubt the amethyst is lovely too, but it has been said that the colour of amethyst is difficult to capture in photography.

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rosetta

Joined: January 7th, 2010, 2:01 am

by rosetta » February 27th, 2010, 1:54 am

1 ct ruby from litnon (heat only)

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rosetta

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by rosetta » February 27th, 2010, 1:56 am

last one of the ruby, and last pic overall.

hope you enjoyed them.

sorry for the blurry pics, and the very dull UK daylight!

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Chrono

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by Chrono » February 27th, 2010, 5:14 am

Don''t give up, Rosetta. Keep on trying and your photography skills will improve. Based only on the pictures, I love the Mahenge and zircon best but I''m sure the others look far better in person.

Sometimes the mind ignores what is logical because the person cannot accept the reality of what it is.

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ma re

Joined: August 10th, 2008, 7:14 am

by ma re » February 27th, 2010, 6:50 am

Some really great pieces you have there!

mr. ma re

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Arkteia

Joined: November 3rd, 2009, 8:02 am

by Arkteia » February 27th, 2010, 7:04 am

Great pieces! Actually it seems a nice idea to use flash for very sparkly stones - you can see the sparkles. What is the origin of your amethyst?

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by TL » February 27th, 2010, 5:16 pm

Rosetta,
Thanks for the pictures. The second Mahenge picture is great, and so is the second one of the amethyst. It takes lots of patience and practice to get great photos of gems.

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Burberrygirl

Joined: July 7th, 2009, 12:22 pm

by Burberrygirl » February 27th, 2010, 5:21 pm

Wow, very pretty stones! :)

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Cind11

Joined: February 5th, 2004, 5:22 pm

by Cind11 » February 27th, 2010, 7:44 pm

Those are all beautiful stones. What are you going to do with them???

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oddoneout

Joined: September 20th, 2007, 3:38 am

by oddoneout » February 28th, 2010, 1:41 am

Nice collection.

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virgoruby

Joined: October 10th, 2009, 4:16 am

by virgoruby » February 28th, 2010, 1:55 am

Beautiful stones. Do you have any setting ideas for your lovelies?

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rosetta

Joined: January 7th, 2010, 2:01 am

by rosetta » February 28th, 2010, 2:33 am

thanks everyone!

no ideas about setting, but the pears will be pendants i think.

i''ll keep trying, but i''ll know i''ll never be as good as cellentani!!

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Colored Gemstone Nut

Joined: November 21st, 2002, 3:15 pm

by Colored Gemstone Nut » February 28th, 2010, 6:09 am

Pears for pendants in my opinion is a good option.
Pears look good as accent stone to me, but everyone has their preference.

The Amethyst I would set in a ring which has thin elegant lines and surround the stone with smaller melee diamonds
to provide depth, and contrast to the piece. If you want to get real fancy you can add engraving to the ring for that vintage look.

Your garnet would look great set sideways with a halfbezel type head. Maybe do the head in yellow gold and the rest of the ring in white gold with channel set diamonds running down the sides of the shank.

Set the Golden tourmaline with two cushion sapphires one on each side flanking the center stone with a thin band and claw type prongs in yelow gold.

What are some styles your interested in and what type of metal do you prefer?

Josh Rioux
Rioux Rock's
Custom Gem Design

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Arcadian

Joined: September 17th, 2008, 3:19 pm

by Arcadian » February 28th, 2010, 7:51 am

You''ve got a very lovely collection!

-A

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Dreamer_D

Joined: December 16th, 2007, 11:05 am

by Dreamer_D » February 28th, 2010, 7:58 am

All lovely, but the zircon color and cut are really awesome!

One Ring to rule them all.

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Bella_mezzo

Joined: August 19th, 2009, 6:11 am

by Bella_mezzo » February 28th, 2010, 8:15 am

I love the zircon and think it would make an awesome pendant!

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