Swarovski Crystals Photo Shoot

I was in the mood yesterday for a photo shoot. I've got no human models available but my sister's jewelry box caught my attention. I saw her gorgeous sparkling Swarovski beads and I thought they could be a perfect subject for the photo shoot. I dismantled some of her bracelets which I hope she won't find out (laughs).

I am not yet familiar with macro settings of my camera so I did a lot of experiments. The results were kind of grainy and noisy because I don't have the proper lighting yet, in fact I only used my reading lamp.

And after numerous takes and retakes, I came up with this set: