3 Stone Hearts and Arrows Ring from BGD

[Paxonator]

It was suggested that I make a post here as well. Here's a recent purchase from BGD with some photos I took.

H&A .8 Center H Vs2. Side stones are .2's.







Thanks for looking

 

[hawaiianorangetree]

Beautiful!

 

[m-2-b]

Classic, timeless and beautiful!

 

[stci]

OMG! Did you see those fantastic pictures? Congrats!

 

[minmin001]

gorgeous!

 

[Paxonator]

Thanks for all the comments!

 

[Angie3]

Absolutely gorgeous!!!!

 

[motownmama]

TDF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ddiamond]

You seem to have a knack for macro photography. As another photographer with a new BGD creation to capture I'd welcome any tips you have in terms of setup, equipment used, lighting, and so forth. I shoot mainly action sports but I could get into photographing jewelry I think.

Thanks.

 

[marcy]

It is gorgeous.

 

[Dancing Fire]

nice ring!!..

 

[JuneRose]

Beautiful!!! I love 3 stones -the proportions on that are perfect

 

[lknvrb4]

Very pretty!

 

[Amys Bling]

I love it!! Congrats

 

[farmer gal]

Gorgeous

 

[Paxonator]

Wow thanks for the comments everyone! All these comments make me even more excited to surprise her with it!

 

[Paxonator]

You seem to have a knack for macro photography. As another photographer with a new BGD creation to capture I'd welcome any tips you have in terms of setup, equipment used, lighting, and so forth. I shoot mainly action sports but I could get into photographing jewelry I think.

Thanks.

Thanks ddiamond! I do enjoy macro photography myself although these shots required a different approach from what I'm used to. Normally all my macro shots are hand held using flash to light the subject. Doing ring shots this way didn't work and I wasn't happy with the results.

I used a 5d mII with the Canon 100mm f 2.8 macro lens and the mp-e 65 1-5x macro lens. I mounted that on a tripod and used a shutter release. It was cloudy out which was perfect as I think a sunny day would just cause too many hot spots. I used an f stop between 8-13 and my shutter speeds were about a second long. I just put the ring on a flower and pointed it towards the light. The trickiest thing was getting the camera angled right to show off the stone.

Feel free to ask any other questions.

 

[alene]

Beautiful ring! The proportions are perfect. The photos are too, I actually first those were vendor's shots until I scrolled down!

 

[Orchid Lei]

Beautiful!

 

[junebug17]

Oh it's gorgeous!! Such pretty stones and great proportions! Love the setting too - this is a winner!

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Beautiful ring! That setting is so pretty...is it an H Levi setting?

 

[Paxonator]

Thanks for the comments! I'm glad everyone likes the ring and the photos!

Yes Seeker that is a H Levi setting. I'm loving it!

 

[ddiamond]

Thanks for the info Pax. I'm going to give it a shot. I can score a macro lens from a rental house nearby. I admit, I was going to go for a flash setup (with a small softbox) but natural light looks cool too. I also wanted some hard light in order to get some fire. We'll see how dialed I can get it. Maybe through a tight snoot. Stay tuned.

 

[renogirl]

What a beautiful ring!!!

 

[Paxonator]

Thanks Reno

 

[armywife13]

It is GORGEOUS!!!!

 

[Paxonator]

It is GORGEOUS!!!!

Why Thank you

 

[zoebartlett]

Beautiful ring! The proportions are perfect. The photos are too, I actually first those were vendor's shots until I scrolled down!

I thought the same thing. GORGEOUS ring AND photos!

 

[Mrsacornblue]

It's so pretty!!

 

[Paxonator]

Thanks so much guys. I'm still waiting for when I have time to take some more photos!