The Fire Thread!

[Ellen]

ebony and cat, thanks for posting. Great shots!

 

[ebonykawai]

Date: 2/18/2007 6:50:07 PM
Author: Stone Hunter
WOW

Nice photos everyone.

Gothgrrl, Flygirl, Tina, Cehra, and EbonyK you really have alot of colors coming off of your stones. Some really cool shots.

EbonyK what do you mean by saying your stone is borderline?

I meant that it's right at the limit of what is considered a FIC. I don't have the stats here at work, but I vaguely remember the crown angle is 35.5 and...gah, I can't remember the pavilion angle! Anyway, it's very firey even on the borderline.

 

[Stone Hunter]

Date: 2/19/2007 10:21:40 AM
Author: ebonykawai

Date: 2/18/2007 6:50:07 PM
Author: Stone Hunter
WOW

Nice photos everyone.

Gothgrrl, Flygirl, Tina, Cehra, and EbonyK you really have alot of colors coming off of your stones. Some really cool shots.

EbonyK what do you mean by saying your stone is borderline?

I meant that it''s right at the limit of what is considered a FIC. I don''t have the stats here at work, but I vaguely remember the crown angle is 35.5 and...gah, I can''t remember the pavilion angle! Anyway, it''s very firey even on the borderline.

Thanks. "Borderline" means "not so good" to me so it was confusing since your stone looks very good.

 

[canuk-gal]

an apple a day........

 

[canuk-gal]

on top of Amy Winehouse.......

 

[Ellen]

Now that''s my kind of fruit.

Great shots cgal!

 

[SuzyQZ]

Oh canuk-gal, you just took my breath away with that apple picture!!!

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Thanks gals! I wish I had others picture taking skills, what I see cannot capture on camera: case in point, picture 2 would appear to have very little "fire", yet it exploded with color when I was setting up for the shot as partially seen in the reflection........

cheers--Sharon

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 2/23/2007 2:00:46 PM
Author: canuk-gal
an apple a day........

I think that should be "a CARROT" a day

 

[SuzyQZ]

Date: 2/23/2007 3:56:12 PM
Author: canuk-gal
HI:

Thanks gals! I wish I had others picture taking skills, what I see cannot capture on camera: case in point, picture 2 would appear to have very little 'fire', yet it exploded with color when I was setting up for the shot as partially seen in the reflection........

cheers--Sharon

I don't want to take this too off topic, but since this is the fire thread and we all want to capture the fire off our stones...

I've noticed the same problem as Canuk-gal with my digital camera. I think there must be some kind of built-in glare eliminator or polarization in the lens that takes away the glare, flashes and other color bursts so that your photo will be clear. I could see lots of flashes of color from my diamonds, but could never capture them on my digital camera.

Any camera experts out there that can chime in? I always wondered why I couldn't capture what my eye was seeing. Is it a problem for digital cameras only or are regular 35mm film cameras affected as well?

 

[Ellen]

Date: 2/23/2007 5:16:41 PM
Author: SuzyQZ

Date: 2/23/2007 3:56:12 PM
Author: canuk-gal
HI:

Thanks gals! I wish I had others picture taking skills, what I see cannot capture on camera: case in point, picture 2 would appear to have very little ''fire'', yet it exploded with color when I was setting up for the shot as partially seen in the reflection........

cheers--Sharon

I don''t want to take this too off topic, but since this is the fire thread and we all want to capture the fire off our stones...

I''ve noticed the same problem as Canuk-gal with my digital camera. I think there must be some kind of built-in glare eliminator or polarization in the lens that takes away the glare, flashes and other color bursts so that your photo will be clear. I could see lots of flashes of color from my diamonds, but could never capture them on my digital camera.

Any camera experts out there that can chime in? I always wondered why I couldn''t capture what my eye was seeing. Is it a problem for digital cameras only or are regular 35mm film cameras affected as well?

I have also experienced this, but I''ve found if you take a pic, even though it''s not in focus (because when it is, yes it tries to cut down on glare) you can still get the bigger fire shots, kinda tricking the camera. They won''t always be in focus, but I''ve found they come out really good more times than not. Also, the camera sees things with one "eye", while we have two, so we naturally see more. That''s the watered down version, there are some higher tech answers if you go back through the thread.

Although I have no problem with the experts chiming in now!

 

[dianne]

Canuk-gal----Way to go on the apple pic! Wow!

 

[sevens one]

wow- sweet pictures Sharon

 

[dfm00]

Can I play? Promised I would post some more fire (?) pics, so here goes.

Would have saved my favorite for last, but since I already let it slip on the other thread...

 

[dfm00]

...

 

[dfm00]

red x2

 

[dfm00]

...

 

[dfm00]

out of focus, but I like how many flashes are visible

 

[dfm00]

...

 

[dfm00]

...

 

[dfm00]

I like the colors in the upper flash on this one.

Thanks for looking!


Dave

 

[Ellen]

Absolutely beautiful pics!

And Gary pointed out way back how a lot of times the out of focus shots show much more, as you noted in that one.

Thanks so much for posting, you''ve got a real beauty there!

 

[Unearthed]

 

[Ellen]

Unearthed, good shot! You managed to capture quite a few colors in there. Keep trying, and yeah, outside may help!

 

[Ladyoflovers]

Well, here is mine showing off her fire...

 

[Ellen]

Lady, beautiful shot, AND ring!

 

[Ellen]

So I got tired of cleaning and it''s so sunny here, thought I''d take a break and shoot a few. Sounded good to me anyway...

I got lucky!

 

[Ellen]

...

 

[lehcarm]

I got my ring last Saturday, but today was the first day with a lot of sun. Here''s my first attempts at capturing my stone''s fire.

 

[lehcarm]

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