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I think 'raining' is a bit of an understatement there today, Wally! Wow!
Stay safe all you NSW members - it's wild out there!
 
Lefty said:
Love garnets! Did you inscribe a superman symbol into the back Wally? :D

I free-styled this one as it had a heap of bubbles and needles and I wasnt convinced it would work, at some point I thought the superman emblem shape suited the stone.

I did give some thought if it would be possible to laser etch an S into the table, but to my surprise, the bubbles make this stone dance.......out of this world. :inlove:
 
Inclusions sometimes enhance things!

Even though they aren't usually visible to the naked eye, I like the little "three directional crystals" you see in many garnets, like three streams of three-dimensional traffic merging through each other from three directions. That's pretty cool :D
 
So went out and purchased a new camera ........ now need to focus on dust removal............ and how to drive it :playful:

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Sometimes its not the camera its knowing what it can and cannot do, I know this from my own experiences. If I knew 10% of my cameras capabilities I would be a World Famous Photographer, however, congratulations on the new purchase.
What was it , mirror less?
Mackka
 
Mackka said:
Sometimes its not the camera its knowing what it can and cannot do, I know this from my own experiences. If I knew 10% of my cameras capabilities I would be a World Famous Photographer, however, congratulations on the new purchase.
What was it , mirror less?
Mackka

it is a Canon EOS 200D with a 18-55mm lense and the instructions present as rocket science ATM. I did manage to find the on switch, auto setting, zoom and worked out how to wi-fi photos to my iPad. :D left me bloody exhausted. I will need to start my training tomorrow.
 
Yesterday I looked though some garnet rough and thought what a shame my stones are rendered worthless as they are cracked and included, so I did a bit of an experiment to see if I can create a silk purse out of a sows ear.

Ill let you decide.

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Mmm... I don't know Wally, I'm not convinced on that one.
Perhaps because I've been so spoiled seeing all the gorgeous stones on here - like a certain special blue sapphire... ;)
 
Looks great to me but I'm thinking the one that would wear it would prefer one that sparkles and isn't cracked! :8
 

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