the original entry was just going to be the sapphire and i was going to try to lowball my score in a side challenge with Venser, i still expect to do relatively bad with this and therefore i'm leaving it , but i expect he'll finish a full 1.5 - 2 points under me at this rate.
figure that this will get low voted due to the fact these are not really "simple" pleasures -- to get quality stones in a good size costs a lot of money, thus not simple.
Having oversize props that cost somewhere in the 1/1000th of the cost of the real thing is simple, so it's still true to challenge in my opinion.
regarding negative space on top of the sapphire, i had a hard time with lighting this where it was either overexposed while showing the facets and looked bad, properly exposed and flat looking, or underexposed and showing the facets.
i opted to go for the underexposed top with the diamond ring added in for some balance.
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