Preserving jewelry highlights and fire
Posted: 01.11.2020 02:17
Hi there -
New to HF, as well as focus stacking.
I have diamond ring with a large center stone that I shot. My lighting is quite complex, with multiple fixtures.
I shot 5 different images, each producing a unique flash/fire from the stone. Variance was accomplished by enabling or moving a single light, taking a shot, moving the light slight to visually end up with a different set of flash/fire hotspots and taking a new shot. Repeat.
At the end I have some 5 different images, without moving camera or ring. Said differently,
image #1, has fire in the NE corner.
image #2 has fire in the center
image #3 has fire in the both the SE and SW corners,
etc.
None of the hotspots overlap or interfere/conflict with each other.
When I combine the raw NEFs using method 'C', not all the highlights survive. Some are partially washed out, even if they don't overlap at all with fire/highlights in any of the other images.
I'm trying to conglomerate the best of all worlds to maximize the fire/sizzle from the stone.
Because some of these highlights are faded out, I need to understand why, and how to preserve these, rather than let them disappear.
Can anyone offer insights on preserving highlights/fire/sizzle points?
thank you so much.
New to HF, as well as focus stacking.
I have diamond ring with a large center stone that I shot. My lighting is quite complex, with multiple fixtures.
I shot 5 different images, each producing a unique flash/fire from the stone. Variance was accomplished by enabling or moving a single light, taking a shot, moving the light slight to visually end up with a different set of flash/fire hotspots and taking a new shot. Repeat.
At the end I have some 5 different images, without moving camera or ring. Said differently,
image #1, has fire in the NE corner.
image #2 has fire in the center
image #3 has fire in the both the SE and SW corners,
etc.
None of the hotspots overlap or interfere/conflict with each other.
When I combine the raw NEFs using method 'C', not all the highlights survive. Some are partially washed out, even if they don't overlap at all with fire/highlights in any of the other images.
I'm trying to conglomerate the best of all worlds to maximize the fire/sizzle from the stone.
Because some of these highlights are faded out, I need to understand why, and how to preserve these, rather than let them disappear.
Can anyone offer insights on preserving highlights/fire/sizzle points?
thank you so much.