Thank you for your compliments, guys and girls!!! Yes, it turned out really pretty. I hope my g/f loves it as much as you all do.
--- "I would have to say that is in the top few I have seen. I may want something like that with as thin as possible metal to make a small stone look larger."
This setting makes my stone look A LOT bigger than it actually is. The stone is D/VVS2/0.56/medium blue fluo. ideal cut. The nicest thing is that while the arm/hand like figure protects the girdle and makes the stone look bigger, it still exposes the side of stone. From the top, it looks very much like one of those "tension setting" which I was initially looking into, without the fear of loosing a stone.
--- "How did you get such a close shot with the camera? I assume it is a digital camera but that's a great picture."
It's Nikon CoolPix990 or 880 or something with close-up mode. My appraiser Martin Fuller in VA took that one for me. (He is a GREAT guy, BTW)
--- "Where can I find your ring setting?"
I've found the style first at http://gilletts.com.au/pages/index.htm But, it costs around $660 - $700 depending on your stone size. Then I learned that Japanese websites were selling better looking platinum setting for cheaper. If you are brave enough, visit
http://www.intergem.co.jp/ (this is where I got the ring from) or http://isweb9.infoseek.co.jp/shopping/jmsco/ringwaku3.htm
(FYI, $1 = about 124 yen.) You'll find mouth-watering designs for so cheap that you can't resist.
I attached another photo from a different view.
