Taking pictures... slowly getting the hang of it!

[two_little_birds]

I'm getting better with my pictures, but the colour is still way off. Lady J is very white, not vanilla or creamy at all so I still need to figure out how to capture her true colour.

These are all taken with my iPhone and a 10x loop. I was even able to capture some great kozibes today!

 

[two_little_birds]

4 more photos to share!

 

[lunemo]

Beautiful! Love this setting.

Feeling silly but.. What is kozibe?

 

[Niel]

fabulous photos! Im sure its just the lighting thats making it look that color. I cant manage to find the right lighting to adequately capture my K's color either. Just something you'll have to play around with i guess. But these still look stunning!! even if they dont capture how white you Lady is

 

[two_little_birds]

Feeling silly but.. What is kozibe?

Kozibe is when you can see the culet reflected back in the crown / facets.

 

[junebug17]

Wow, your pics are great! lady J is a beauty!

 

[missy]

Lady J is Just gorgeous!!!!!!! Great pictures two little birds!!!!

 

[Enerchi]

Man, I love that setting!!! Your ring is gorgeous! I hope you get to play in the sun and show off some fire shots....

 

[bbziggy]

Lovely stone and setting!! Very elegant. How did you use the 10X loupe to photograph your ring? I still haven't gotten decent
pictures of my ring. You did a great job!

 

[Deactivated member 42515]

Oh my goodness! That first picture! With that hint of pink! Amazing!

 

[two_little_birds]

How did you use the 10X loupe to photograph your ring?

bbziggy, I hold the loop right against my iPhone camera lens - IMO it works better than my olloclip.

 

[hearts-arrows_girl]

Those pictures are soooo clear! Your iphone takes fantastic pictures...and the loop, how clever!

 

[armywife13]

The pictures are great! Your diamond and setting are absolute perfection!

 

[Laila619]

Gorgeous pics!!!

 

[Rhino]

Very nice two little birds. I have to say the pictures with these smart phones are just getting better and better.

 

[ericad]

Gorgeous pics! Have you tried underneath a big leafy (or flowering) tree on a bright, sunny day?

 

[two_little_birds]

Gorgeous pics! Have you tried underneath a big leafy (or flowering) tree on a bright, sunny day?

LOL Erica... still no greenery in Canada, aside from the grass slowly changing. It will be a few more weeks before I can start to take those types of photos.

 

[two_little_birds]

Thanks Rhino, especially from you... the master of great diamond photography (and videos).

 

[bright ice]

Great photos.....and Lady J is Just Beautiful!

 

[ariel144]

Cool Kozibe .. ...great pics...thanks for posting.

 

[AnnaH]

Beautiful!!!

 

[kenny]

I'm getting better with my pictures, but the colour is still way off. Lady J is very white, not vanilla or creamy at all so I still need to figure out how to capture her true colour.

Nice pics.

For more true color I recommend post processing.
That's processing the pic on your computer after you download the pic.
Even the finest camera in the hands of the finest photographer can produce pics that will benefit from post processing.
Post processing is not lying or cheating. (though it can be used for that)
It is moving the pic back to what you know to be more true.

You can use Photoshop, which is very expensive, or Lightroom or Elements which are both under $100.
If you have an apple computer use iPhoto which comes free on every Mac.
Perhaps windows computers have something free too.

I used iPhoto to process one of your pics, before on left and after on right.
I bumped up the brightness, corrected the color, brought up the darkest shadows in the metal, etc.
It only took about 20 seconds.



Also, notice the bright things outside.
Your camera exposed for them and also I suspect it also auto-adjusted the white balance for the stuff outside in the sunlight.
The ring appears to me to be illuminated by the blue of the sky not the relatively yellow direct sun, which explains why the ring looked dark and blue.
Keep in mind the sky has two light sources, the sun and the blue sky itself.
In the future try to have backgrounds that are not much brighter or darker than the subject.
It's always better to try to get it right in the camera than try to fix it in post-processing.

 

[Niel]

Gimp is a free photo editing software for PC. It works pretty great too!

 

[Harpertoo]

I'm getting better with my pictures, but the colour is still way off. Lady J is very white, not vanilla or creamy at all so I still need to figure out how to capture her true colour.

These are all taken with my iPhone and a 10x loop. I was even able to capture some great kozibes today!

Amazing!
I need to get my loupe out and try some shots. You've done such a great job capturing the facets! ( I was waffling about a macro lens never considering your combo!)

 

[two_little_birds]

I'm getting better with my pictures, but the colour is still way off. Lady J is very white, not vanilla or creamy at all so I still need to figure out how to capture her true colour.

Nice pics.

For more true color I recommend post processing.
That's processing the pic on your computer after you download the pic.
Even the finest camera in the hands of the finest photographer can produce pics that will benefit from post processing.
Post processing is not lying or cheating. (though it can be used for that)
It is moving the pic back to what you know to be more true.

You can use Photoshop, which is very expensive, or Lightroom or Elements which are both under $100.
If you have an apple computer use iPhoto which comes free on every Mac.
Perhaps windows computers have something free too.

I used iPhoto to process one of your pics, before on left and after on right.
I bumped up the brightness, corrected the color, brought up the darkest shadows in the metal, etc.
It only took about 20 seconds.



Also, notice the bright things outside.
Your camera exposed for them and also I suspect it also auto-adjusted the white balance for the stuff outside in the sunlight.
The ring appears to me to be illuminated by the blue of the sky not the relatively yellow direct sun, which explains why the ring looked dark and blue.
Keep in mind the sky has two light sources, the sun and the blue sky itself.
In the future try to have backgrounds that are not much brighter or darker than the subject.
It's always better to try to get it right in the camera than try to fix it in post-processing.

Wow, thanks Kenny! I'm going to see what I can do to play around with the photos. I know there are a few decent online editors but I've never used any of them - i.e. pixlr and fotoflexer

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I am impressed that you took pictures with a loupe and iPhone! I have never tried that!

I store pictures on Picasa and they have some super easy post-processing features built in.

 

[two_little_birds]

Ta-da... used the zoom on my iPhone plus my loop. So many tricks, not enough time to play

 

[valmanin]

That is SUCH a cool diamond. I love the arrows or, as you described them before, chrysanthemum petals!

 

[bbziggy]

Love this pic!! Love your ring!

 

[two_little_birds]

A few more from today. I am always amazed how good my iPhone can take photos.