Garnet Brooch of Memories by 30pics4jackiesdiamond

Garnet Brooch of Memories

This 2" pin brooch belonged to my great grandmother, who I knew as 'Bran' but she was known as 'Big Nanna' to my mum's cousin who I met for first time yesterday!
i like how you presented this brooch, the angle and the low key. very moody shot. aces!
January 12th, 2018  
It must be a very experienced brooch and lived many great occasions as it's now 4th generations of your family. What an interesting heirloom.
January 12th, 2018  
@summerfield why isn't the focus as sharp as yours??? Not a macro lens but a X10 macro filter. Thank you?
@s4sayer 5 generations if count adult daughters!!! No hallmark to age it unfortunately!!
January 12th, 2018  
handheld?
January 12th, 2018  
it shouldn't matter that you used a x10 filter or a real macro lens. my lens isn't. i set the camera on a tripod (as you would when shooting macro if at all possible), using live view, i find my focus. i set the timer to 2 seconds so that after i press the shutter, the camera would not have been shaking (there's always a small shake when you press the shutter even when camera is tripod-ed hahaha! i invented a word). when I'm at home, i am on manual settings and manual focus but as i my eyesight is not very good i use my eyeglasses. if you're looking through your EVF to focus, make sure you adjust your diopter. does that help you, my lady?
January 12th, 2018  

@summerfield i actually used tripod, should have used live view and delay timer. These new glasses' lenses do make seeing close up difficult depending on where I look through them!! Will experiment over weekend on more macroing (invented word here? ?) Thank you!
January 12th, 2018  
Lovely to own and to bring you memories of your Bran
January 13th, 2018  
Lovely memories for you & so wonderful to meet your mum's cousin too for the first time. Also I notice you have now filed 1000 pics on 365 - congratulations for the millennium. Hope the new millennium will be fun.
January 13th, 2018  
Love it. I have some old ones to. Beautiful.
January 13th, 2018  
also, i reckon you had to position the camera to portrait orientation. maybe the camera was moving a tiny of a fraction because the screws were not as tight as it should be? it had happened to me before.
January 13th, 2018  
It's a beauty!
January 13th, 2018  
Gorgeous brooch...very sort of iconic.love the colour.
January 13th, 2018  
@brennieb its a lovely garnet very scrstched!
@ludwigsdiana thank you
@summerfield no i took landscape and cropped it, will experiment morr tomorrow
@sdutoit ;)
@ajisaac gosh, so i have, but 2 albums so not 1000 days!!!
@wendyfrost it does, but cousin and i have very dfifferent memories
January 13th, 2018  
I really like the placement and composition. I've been reading your / Vikki's comments about the focus and it does seem a bit "soft"...do you have any sort of focus assist on your camera? On my Canon rebel and now on my sony a6000 I can go magnify the focus view without zoooming in so that I can see if a specific area is truly in focus...not that I always do it...but you might want to check that out. On the Canon it was only available on live view.
January 14th, 2018  
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