Nardil|1447055013|3947219 said:Thank you for your answer. I absolutely agree, my intent with the photo this time was to show that the diamond looked black though. What I am curious about is if it is normal for a diamond to turn black (I've read that it is normal fot diamonds to turn black for example in direct sunlight but as I guess you can tell from the picture it was not any direct bright light)?
chameleon diamond sounds pretty cool! I was scared that I had bought a mood stone that turned black every time I got angrytyty333|1447089483|3947327 said:They forgot to tell you that you bought a chameleon diamond...it turns black at night!
kenny said:Nardil|1447055013|3947219 said:Thank you for your answer. I absolutely agree, my intent with the photo this time was to show that the diamond looked black though. What I am curious about is if it is normal for a diamond to turn black (I've read that it is normal fot diamonds to turn black for example in direct sunlight but as I guess you can tell from the picture it was not any direct bright light)?
It is 'normal' for a diamond to turn black when the environment, lighting and camera setting (or lack of setting) cause it.
Photography is not always automatic or easy ... regardless of what manufacturers lead us to believe.
We've had point and shoot cameras over 100 years that work well for 'regular' subjects, in 'regular' settings, in 'regular' lighting.
But when those things are out of the ordinary you need a more flexible camera and knowledge of how to use it and knowledge about lighting and post processing.
As for diamonds 'turning black' in sunlight that's more about our eye's iris constricting to make the pupil smaller to block out bright light.
This is all less surprising when you separate what is happening at the diamond from how perception systems like the eye/brain or the camera capture and process what they 'see'.
IOW you can't always believe what your eyes or your camera tell you.
It all makes perfect sense when you understand the limitations of these two systems that we mistakenly take for granted as being believable or only telling the truth.
Nardil|1447107382|3947453 said:Oh I'm really glad to hear that, buying a camera was almost as stressful as finding a diamond. I think I need to get a macro lens now to get some good pics of the little gem