Sheila's Birthday
Y esterday was Sheila's birthday. She had already opened one gift a few days before her birthday (a good pair of ear buds) but she had another one to open on her birthday. I had purchased a new ring for her... the main stone is aquamarine (her birthstone) and it is surrounded by white sapphires... Shooting photos of jewelry isn't something I do all that often. I had forgotten how surprisingly difficult it is to get a sharp photo due to all the specular highlights reflecting off the jewelry. To compound this primary difficulty, you need a lot of light coming from many directions which makes even more specular highlight reflections. Another problem I had with this particular photo is that a ring is quite small. Since it is small, you need to try to get as close as possible which then results in a very shallow depth of field putting most of the ring out of focus. I resolved that problem but the specular highlight issue is still a ...