WOW those are great photos of your 3 stone. I guess I just don''t have "steady hands." What''s a girl to do but practice?Date: 10/18/2006 3:15:13 PM
Author: widget
Looky! I got some color! Not quite as spectacular as yours, Ellen....but I''m working on it.(Garry''s ''steady hand'' tip helped a lot.)
widget
I''m so glad you posted this! I have been trying to get a pic of what my OEC looks like on overcast days...and this is very close. I have described it as an oil slick inside the diamond...it has all those cool colors you see reflected in an oily puddle. I''ll try to get some new fire pics, though, to contribute to this thread!Date: 10/12/2006 8:31:41 AM
Author: Garry H (Cut Nut)
that is stunning Dhog
This is the 9.02ct F strong blue fluoro I sold last year - see how firey it is under a tree with broad leaves - and so much for cloudy fluoro diamonds!!!!
Note the out of focus shots- same diamond - all shots taken at the same time
yours has really good white light return as well though!! But I know what you mean, mine is a fire thrower too, lots of sparkle and color. I love your stone
That picture you referenced is the ONLY one out of about a million attempts where diamond itself is actually in focus....
I have a question...while you're here...: Which is a better example of 'Fire'...colors reflected off the stone itself...sort of like this OMC below (or even better, Cehra's avatar), or flying around in space?
Aren't these 'bombs bursting in air' more camera tricks than realistic examples of 'fire'??
Date: 10/21/2006 3:48:02 PM
Author: Ellen
widget and Gary, I thought of these posts yesterday and wanted to comment. Yesterday I was stuck in traffic waiting for a train. The afternoon sun was coming straight in my window and hitting my ring. As I looked at it and moved it a bit, I actually saw the flairs like the one in this pic of widget''s I''ll post. As I moved it ever so slightly, it went through the whole color spectrum, and stayed in the flared dome shape, about an inch high. It was phenominal, I''d never seen my ring do that ''in person'' (instead of on film) to that extent. So it''s not just camera tricks, it happens! And all I could think was, I don''t have my camera.
Ellen - there was a link (i cant find) to something on the Moscow Uni site from Serg and Yuri that showed many still shots of a diamond showing dispersion (not fire as you guys are defining it) moving thru the spectrum as a ring or the light moves. Wish I could find the link - it was about 5 pages ago - but i had a busy weekend giving away my eldest darling daughter.
Oops, forgot the quotes!
Thanks, Garry.
That picture you referenced is the ONLY one out of about a million attempts where diamond itself is actually in focus....
I have a question...while you''re here...: Which is a better example of ''Fire''...colors reflected off the stone itself...sort of like this OMC below (or even better, Cehra''s avatar), or flying around in space?
Aren''t these ''bombs bursting in air'' more camera tricks than realistic examples of ''fire''??
widget
Yes Widget - some of that is I think inter lens flare - most camera lenses are multiple sets of lenses used to remove chromatic distortion. Rhino was discussing some human optical abberrations - but cameras have a lot more. It was one of the problems I had with the brilliancescope - where the flare the camera sees is not the same as a human eye would see. I guess also the sensitivity of the CCD capture or film exposure etc - that is another thing that makes some of this thread lots of fun - but not like what we see unless we make our eyes deliberately out of focus etc
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/cut-nuts-a-fob-wedding-pic.52365/ for picsDate: 10/23/2006 12:13:29 AM
Author: Cehrabehra
congrats garry!!!! Daddy in law!
Ellen here is the link I was looking for - there is not the intensity of color - but I think it shows some of what you mean?Date: 10/21/2006 3:48:02 PM
Author: Ellen
widget and Gary, I thought of these posts yesterday and wanted to comment. Yesterday I was stuck in traffic waiting for a train. The afternoon sun was coming straight in my window and hitting my ring. As I looked at it and moved it a bit, I actually saw the flairs like the one in this pic of widget''s I''ll post. As I moved it ever so slightly, it went through the whole color spectrum, and stayed in the flared dome shape, about an inch high. It was phenominal, I''d never seen my ring do that ''in person'' (instead of on film) to that extent. So it''s not just camera tricks, it happens! And all I could think was, I don''t have my camera.
Thanks, Garry.
I call those refractions... I know they''re all refractions, but in a way they''re all fire too LOL Fire leaps out and tries to blind you, refractions ooze through the spectrum across the stone.Date: 10/25/2006 4:23:51 AM
Author: Garry H (Cut Nut)
Ellen here is the link I was looking for - there is not the intensity of color - but I think it shows some of what you mean?Date: 10/21/2006 3:48:02 PM
Author: Ellen
widget and Gary, I thought of these posts yesterday and wanted to comment. Yesterday I was stuck in traffic waiting for a train. The afternoon sun was coming straight in my window and hitting my ring. As I looked at it and moved it a bit, I actually saw the flairs like the one in this pic of widget''s I''ll post. As I moved it ever so slightly, it went through the whole color spectrum, and stayed in the flared dome shape, about an inch high. It was phenominal, I''d never seen my ring do that ''in person'' (instead of on film) to that extent. So it''s not just camera tricks, it happens! And all I could think was, I don''t have my camera.
Thanks, Garry.
www.gemology.ru/cut/english/grading1/5.htm
I know what you''re talking about Ellen... with my big facets I can do what you described very easily - very very very very easily LOL I''ve burnt my retinas a couple times. I''m a *dork*!! I can''t remember my diamond anymore ::sob::
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