Nikon D850 Nikkor 105mm Macro The image has been cropped into 1:1 format.

These earrings, along with a similar pendant were commissioned by a client to commemorate a 65th birthday. The kanji spell out the number 65.

One of my primary occupations is as a custom design jewelry maker. Many years ago, after trying several good local photographers, I decided I needed to teach myself how to shoot my product.
Also many years ago, in the process of teaching myself photomacrography, I was published here on Shutterbug on the topic of shooting jewelry. That article was long enough ago that it is apparently not in the digital archives.