BBC: The World's Most Valuable Diamonds

[kenny]

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20151120-rare-ancient-and-pink-the-worlds-most-valuable-diamonds

I'm disgusted the photographer didn't bother to clean the dust off these diamonds ... or even touch up the pic in post. Unforgivable!

What pro photographs multi-million dollar FCDs like this?

Getting FCDs clean enough for such macro pics is not easy but it ain't rocket science.
If I can do it this pro should be able to.

 

[diagem]

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20151120-rare-ancient-and-pink-the-worlds-most-valuable-diamonds

I'm disgusted the photographer didn't bother to clean the dust off these diamonds ... or even touch up the pic in post. Unforgivable!

What pro photographs multi-million dollar FCDs like this?

Getting FCDs clean enough for such macro pics is not easy but it ain't rocket science.
If I can do it this pro should be able to.

What a great subject...
I would love to get some good info on dusting off for clean macro images.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

And I fully agree with you, any Diamond (gems) jewelry should be photographed with as-clean-as-we-can-get Diamonds.

 

[pearaffair]

Kenny, thanks for posting this!