Look at the difference in these pictures.

[lenora]

All I did was mess with the photo editing software a tiny bit, but what a difference!! I know it still isn't great. The flash washes it out a bit. I got a tent and lights, but I haven't tried it out yet. I'm also going to play with the white setting on my camera. I'm not much of a photographer obviously, but I was really excited at what a big difference a little editing made.

Before:
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After:
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Lenora

[Kevan]

Oh, yeah. Much better. You have to manipulate the photos. Nobody is showing photos as they look right off the camera. For instance.

This is a photo as it looked when I downloaded it -

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Here it is after I manipulated it. This is exactly how the bead looks. I didn't change the bead itself.

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[lenora]

That is a great picture! Great bead as well!
Lenora