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Edward Bristol

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Hey Everybody!

My absentia didn’t last long, huh? Well, it turns out Lena is too shy to post, and I can’t keep in the dark.

Also: Missed you!

Lena and I fought with hand-shots for months - with some good results (people say).

Here is what we learned:

- For accurate colors we can use only the same light as for our close-ups (simple natural daylight).
- The further away we shot, the better we can show the size dimension, but colors blur, and vice versa.
- Making hand-shots is a neck & shoulder torture – one is so cramped up, it is terrible!
- The lighter the tone, the less reliable is the hand-shot in regards to color authenticity.
- Shallow stones or very lucid crystals sometimes look included on the hand (even on a washed one).
- I can’t drink any coffee before making them (hand jitters ever so slightly)

All-in-all (and given the heat I took for refusing hand-shots) I am very positively surprised.

Will be continued.
 
I don't know the background story to this or who Lena is. Is she a poster here? But I'm always excited to see gemstone jewelry :) Looking forward to your pics.
 
Innerkitten,

I had chickened-out from PS in January and left Lena to explain how we do or don’t do hand-shots.

Lena found herself to shy for this publicity so I flip-flopped on my vow to quit PS.
 
Good to see you, Ed!
 
Nice to see you back, Ed. :wavey:
 
Good to see you and thanks for the tips!
 
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