Russian Demantoid Garnet

[mhovingh]

After lots of reading, some first hand advice, and the purchase of a light box and a couple lights, I think I have gotten a better handle on photographing jewelry. I set the white balance for the lighting I was using and the light box seems to have helped a lot from my previous attempts at photographing jewelry. I shot in aperture priority and did a lot of reading up on the proper settings to use for jewelry photography. All-in-all I am really happy with how this turned out compared to my previous attempts.

Please feel free to leave comments/questions on both the photography and the garnet. I appreciate input on both and hope you like the picture.

-Center Stone-
0.50 ct Round Cut, Russian Demantoid Garnet

-Diamonds-
1.00 cttw VS

-Metal-
18k White Gold

 

[T L]

I have a half carat Russian demantoid that exact same color and rbc cut. It''s very dispersive. Congrats on your new ring.

 

[LD]

I agree with TL, Demantoids are so dispersive and that''s incredibly difficult to capture in a photograph. Your photograph is lovely and clear and I can imagine how the stone dances in that setting!

 

[Barrett]

nice pic..keep practicing and taking pics..so far so good!!

 

[Stone Hunter]

Nice close up of the ring and gem! Hope you''ll be posting more photos. TFS!!

 

[marcy]

Very pretty ring.

 

[mhovingh]

Thank you for all the replies. While this ring is not one of my personal pieces, I will definitely enjoy it during the time I have with it. I haven''t seen near as many stones in my short time involved with jewelry as I am sure some of you PS''ers have but, of those I have seen, this is one I really like.

 

[ma re]

Don''t know much about photography, but that''s a very nice ring!

 

[Lovinggems]

Beautiful ring!