My gem photography project

[treasurehunter]

I have been working very hard experimenting with ideas that I learnt from this forum.
My Coloured stones like Spinel, Tourmaline and Sapphires have been coming out well as you can see.

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However when it comes to rubies using the same technique as used for the other stones they go darker,


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Using a maglite torch aimed at the stone provides some extra light but also nasty shadows and reflections,

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