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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 10, 2017 12:29:04 GMT -5
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 10, 2017 13:05:05 GMT -5
Those are beautiful!!!
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 10, 2017 13:12:08 GMT -5
I can't imagine keeping up with all those angles. And doing it right. Very nice!
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Post by gemfeller on Feb 10, 2017 14:30:55 GMT -5
Michelle has come a long way from hand-sanding cabochons while waiting in airports. She obviously has a lot of natural talent including the ability to blend art and math that's required in faceting.
Believe me, the art of photographing faceted gems involves as much study and work as cutting them. I've been at it for over 15 years and have only been able to get shots I really like in the past 3 or 4. I'm probably a slow study, but the learning curve seems endless with the introduction of new technology and refinement of old procedures. In the end it's all about light. Sounds simple, but that's where Einstein started and look where it led him.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 10, 2017 15:03:15 GMT -5
Michelle has come a long way from hand-sanding cabochons while waiting in airports. She obviously has a lot of natural talent including the ability to blend art and math that's required in faceting. Believe me, the art of photographing faceted gems involves as much study and work as cutting them. I've been at it for over 15 years and have only been able to get shots I really like in the past 3 or 4. I'm probably a slow study, but the learning curve seems endless with the introduction of new technology and refinement of old procedures. In the end it's all about light. Sounds simple, but that's where Einstein started and look where it led him. I probably took 100 pictures! I found the better pictures were taken with less light. I used a led sparkler bulb on some of the pictures. Yeah, it's REALLY tough!
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Post by drocknut on Feb 10, 2017 15:11:06 GMT -5
Wow, I didn't even know she did faceting. Great work Michelle. Glad you got her to do those stones rockjunquie.
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Post by metalsmith on Feb 10, 2017 15:55:10 GMT -5
Beautiful work. Wonderful detail on the sunstone and amazing polish on the garnet. I love it when so called hobbyists put the professionals (or should we call them commercial cutters) in their place.
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Post by NDK on Feb 10, 2017 19:33:16 GMT -5
I feel I need to quote bikerrandy for this...
They are badass!
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Post by micellular on Feb 10, 2017 21:34:23 GMT -5
Turns out I didn't get a good pic, but I do have a somewhat blurry video. For whatever reason my camera decided it would be really yellow.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 10, 2017 22:14:27 GMT -5
How is it that it looks like a checkerboard top?
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Post by micellular on Feb 10, 2017 22:46:21 GMT -5
rockjunquie, because it is! Supposed to look like a daisy.
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Post by gemfeller on Feb 10, 2017 22:51:40 GMT -5
Sounds like one of Marco Voltolini's designs. That's sure a bright yellow - haven't seen much Oregon material in such a saturated hue. I collected some that color in Utah once, long ago.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 11, 2017 0:59:25 GMT -5
rockjunquie , because it is! Supposed to look like a daisy. It's so sparkly in person, it's hard to tell it's checkerboard cut!
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Post by micellular on Feb 11, 2017 13:10:23 GMT -5
Sounds like one of Marco Voltolini's designs. That's sure a bright yellow - haven't seen much Oregon material in such a saturated hue. I collected some that color in Utah once, long ago. I love Voltolini's design, but this is actually one of Michiko Huynh's. The sunstone isn't really that bright a yellow - Tela's pictures are more accurate. I took the video in diffused sunlight against a medium blue background, so the camera's white balance was probably compensating.
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Post by gemfeller on Feb 11, 2017 13:26:46 GMT -5
Michiko's designs are great too. I thought it might be one of Marco's because he often tries to capture the appearance of flowers in his designs.
Good to know about the video colors. I've been so focused on still shots I'm just now beginning to play with videos and have a lot to learn. They're obviously the trend in gem photography and it's great. Stills can only show color and cut of stones but not active scintillation, brilliance and other important elements, like the shimmering play of color in precious opals.
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Post by pghram on Feb 11, 2017 18:39:23 GMT -5
Absolutely beautiful!
Peace,
Rich
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Post by fireforged on Feb 13, 2017 23:20:53 GMT -5
It is all that I can do to not order all this faceting stuff. STOP!!!
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Post by micellular on Feb 14, 2017 14:37:48 GMT -5
It is all that I can do to not order all this faceting stuff. STOP!!! This is a forum of encouragement, not discouragement...we leave that to our wallets!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2017 17:00:59 GMT -5
It is all that I can do to not order all this faceting stuff. STOP!!! This is a forum of encouragement, not discouragement...we leave that to our wallets! I will leave the faceting to you. I hope that you keep getting better and acquiring new sources for materials. Perhaps your efforts will allow you fundage for new and crazy tooling like a fantasy machine!
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