As I work on processing the photos I took at SIHH 2012 (totalling 3450), here are a selection of ones already completed. My full report will be out soon. - SJX...
and found this " Spinel is the great impostor of gemstone history: many famous rubies in crown jewels around the world are actually spinels. The most famous is the Black Prince's ruby, a magnificent 170-carat red spinel that now adorns the Imperial State ...
as a gentleman to other gentlemen, the watermarks are indeed 1. intended to protect SJX's intellectual property from web cut-and-pasting, and are probably successful, yet 2. distract and detract somewhat from the value of the images for innocent viewers t...
I do not have your talent for taking splendig photographs but, as demonstrated, I can place unsightly watermarks. I have noticed on this forum that some very few do use watermarks and others don't. There no question watermark can affect the appeal of a pi...
thank you for making your point in a gentlemanly manner. You are right that the watermark does affect the beauty of the photo somewhat. But it doesn't change the fundamental purpose of the photo which is to inform and enlighten about what happened at SIHH...