DiamondLove
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I have a online jewelry business and just upgraded to a Nikon P500 camera and I need help with these pictures... I have played around with every setting for the past three weeks and I just cant get the desired look I'm after with the settings. I have two 65w warm white lights and a led light I use to brighten the stones. They are taken on a sheet of white acrylic board on a white leather ring display. I know this camera is capable of taking good photos and sometimes I fluke a really good one. The prob is every ring is so different, different colored stones and white/yellow gold so what works for one picture doesn't look good for the next. The first pic (peridot large green stone) is the look im after, it was taken with the user manual setting and these seem to be the best combo:
macro
brightness- varies but usually +0.7 or +1.0
image quality-fine
optimize image-vivid
white balance- daylight +1 or +2
iso- high iso sensitivity auto
metering- spot
flash- slow sync
everything else is set to auto or off
The Ruby and Aquamarine were taken with the same settings. The Emerald Oval pic, has the same settings but no flash.
I like the clarity of the Emerald Oval but the background looks too dark and grey.
The Ruby is too bright and has lost the clarity of the ring.
And the Aquamarine is has a grey background and the yellow gold and the stones look a bit muddy.
All of my pictures are this inconsistent and its driving me crazy.
If any of you photo pros have any suggestions, that would be a huge help!
macro
brightness- varies but usually +0.7 or +1.0
image quality-fine
optimize image-vivid
white balance- daylight +1 or +2
iso- high iso sensitivity auto
metering- spot
flash- slow sync
everything else is set to auto or off
The Ruby and Aquamarine were taken with the same settings. The Emerald Oval pic, has the same settings but no flash.
I like the clarity of the Emerald Oval but the background looks too dark and grey.
The Ruby is too bright and has lost the clarity of the ring.
And the Aquamarine is has a grey background and the yellow gold and the stones look a bit muddy.
All of my pictures are this inconsistent and its driving me crazy.
If any of you photo pros have any suggestions, that would be a huge help!