Recent content by pearlshooter

GemGeek you should now recognize the 24mm front and center of my Avatar pic...........Amazing isn't it!

I have a few more images up now on a totally new site. I hope you like them Tim

I have just put a few images up on my website for those who don't have a Paspaley catalogue. Just amazingly beautiful to work with. Tim www.timrobinsonphotography.com

Ok , I have lost count! How many Nautilus Pearls are there? Tim

I wouldn't call it a painful process to photograph pearls. More a process of discovery.You get to see much more than you would otherwise . The pearl on the right in the last series of images just wants to suck you in! Don't stare too long or it will have you under its power!!

Well this one thread has been open now for just over 2 years so yes i think there is a little fascination.;)

Yes Wow! very similar . Dose it look like it has a watery nacre with the flame below the surface? Hard to tell from the pics. Shooting something so small and showing all the detail is not easy. Sometimes you just have to see it in person , roll it in your fingers and watch its movement. Very...

Well thats settled then........now all we need is a pearl.

I would love to get my hands on it again just to see what I could get out of it without the restrictions i had on the day.

Remember my shot was for a catalogue with many other pearls. To have the images look uniformed throughout I needed to light each pearl the same. Melo's included. Natural light can be direct sun or an overcast sky, each giving a different effect. Thats why we love them so much. Strong direct...

Interesting looking at the picture above with the same pearl shot in 2 different ways. When I made the photograph on the left I was shooting many pearls for a tender , so the all had to be photographed in a uniformed way. More interesting I found is not what is possible from the one pearl but...

Yes I shot the "underside" just for interest sake.. I t looks like the Cauldron for the fire!

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