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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 298045, member: 5833"]These are sort of lighting & camera artifacts. When held up with a sunny window behind, the stone is quite pale from either side, just faintly orange-y in the center. Intaglios are just the dickens to photograph, usually requiring light coming in from an angle to deliberately create some glare for contrast.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other factor in play is my limited skills as a photographer. I leave my camera on automatic all the time. It makes different 'decisions' depending on how light or dark the background is. I wanted to bring out the color of the cabochon side to show the similarity with your stone, so showed it against a light background, while the intaglio side is shown against black.</p><p>Here's the cabochon against black:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]97200[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 298045, member: 5833"]These are sort of lighting & camera artifacts. When held up with a sunny window behind, the stone is quite pale from either side, just faintly orange-y in the center. Intaglios are just the dickens to photograph, usually requiring light coming in from an angle to deliberately create some glare for contrast. The other factor in play is my limited skills as a photographer. I leave my camera on automatic all the time. It makes different 'decisions' depending on how light or dark the background is. I wanted to bring out the color of the cabochon side to show the similarity with your stone, so showed it against a light background, while the intaglio side is shown against black. Here's the cabochon against black: [ATTACH=full]97200[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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