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Post by deb193redux on Feb 28, 2013 23:41:58 GMT -5
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 28, 2013 23:53:12 GMT -5
drool warning would have been nice. thats one impressive pile of slabs.
chuck
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rockingthenorth
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Post by rockingthenorth on Mar 1, 2013 0:05:39 GMT -5
all are great slabs...Diddo on the drool warning
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Post by gr on Mar 1, 2013 0:08:55 GMT -5
Pleased Daniel? Just pleased?, I'd be dancin'n it the street saying all manner of unintelligable things for a stash like that. Wow! That feather agate is pretty nice!
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Post by deb193redux on Mar 1, 2013 1:09:35 GMT -5
Heck Gary, I can show excitement, See ;D
I did have high hopes for the stone canyon. I like black in agate. these are fairly unique.
I had hoped the opaque white in the Prudent Man would show in more than two slabs, but glad to have it in even one. I got the rock for less than some vendors would sell the best slab.
I still have 3-5 slabs of feather agate to cut. some are breaking, but again I like black and the pieces are cab sized.
I have a bunch of the tiger tail still to cut.
... but I have some red rocks up next.
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Post by roy on Mar 1, 2013 2:01:53 GMT -5
Awesome slabs ! I really like the tigertail
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carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on Mar 1, 2013 6:28:41 GMT -5
Great material! All spectacular.
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meta99
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Post by meta99 on Mar 1, 2013 8:02:03 GMT -5
Good reason to be pleased! Thanks for sharing the pictures. Sue
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Post by Peruano on Mar 1, 2013 8:57:54 GMT -5
Wow! And thanks for being so diligent in labeling the individual specimens; it helps us noobies master the vocabulary. Tom
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 1, 2013 8:58:07 GMT -5
Wow! I can see why you are pleased Daniel. Beautiful bunch of slabs. I think my favorites are the tiger tail and the mushroom rhyolite but all of them are really nice....Mel
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Post by stonesthatrock on Mar 1, 2013 9:32:04 GMT -5
very nice bunch........ I love the tiffany stone. mary ann
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Mar 1, 2013 11:01:26 GMT -5
Lots of great slabs there!
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QuailRiver
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Post by QuailRiver on Mar 1, 2013 13:01:06 GMT -5
ME LIKES! ME LIKES!!!!!! I want to go rock hunting/shopping with you the next time you go!
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Mattatya
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Post by Mattatya on Mar 1, 2013 18:51:28 GMT -5
That Indonesia coral is my favorite and looks really trippy with the circles and swirly lines. Matt
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Mar 1, 2013 20:25:36 GMT -5
Wow, I'd be happy with those, too!
Love the Stone Canyon because of the black.
Chuck
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Post by frane on Mar 2, 2013 8:34:32 GMT -5
:drool: I would say this is a spectacular slab bucket! Wonderful material throughout! You sure have a great eye when shopping rocks! I haven't seen tiffany that nice in a long time. Same with the stone canyon! Fran
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Mar 2, 2013 9:34:58 GMT -5
WOW! WOW! WOW! Sorry, that's all I can manage!
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Jasper-hound
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Post by Jasper-hound on Mar 3, 2013 7:55:14 GMT -5
Did you exaggerate the color intensity in your photos? Something tells me that you did.
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Post by Noosh9057 on Mar 3, 2013 8:28:55 GMT -5
Wow yes I would love to have that bucket.
Roger
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Post by deb193redux on Mar 3, 2013 8:45:08 GMT -5
an interesting, if somewhat inelegantly put question ...
Well, this is not how they would look dry and under incandescent light.
They are done wet, with 6500K bulbs, no flash, and a Canon EOS. No "enhancement" process, like cranking up the saturation. But, after cropping, before resizing, I routinely use "auto tone" and/or "auto contrast", which generally work well when there s a gray background and a good range of color.
the EOS does do reds a little hot, IMO, but I only turn down the red saturation when it it making the overall appearance different. Photos taken with my cell phone tend to look very similar. So do photos under very bright indirect sunlight.
The stone looks on screen like it does on the photo table under the lights. Usually auto tone seems to deepen the mid-tones, and separate them from shadow tones.
The slabs "pop" a bit more in the closeups than in the initial group shots - especially dry group shots.
Only rarely will a stone show so much better under the lights and water that I have "concern" about he picture. Once I did some dark green, pale gold, and dark brown hampton wood faced nodules. I thought they were very drab in person, but they looked good under the bright lights. A lot was the water, but the full spectrum 6500K light really liked those rocks.
Some rock, when cut and polished, will look like the wet well lit photo. Some will not pop near as much when just hanging on a pendant in indoor lighting, or when not seen form a 20in focus point. Well-lit, 20in focus is not to be underestimated. It is a very revealing situation. Tima and again, you see someone posting a cab photo with the comment that they see a flaw in the picture they had not seen before and that they will be going back to work on the stone some more. Or the comment that the picture shows a crack/line that is not very noticeable in the hand. IMO, same effect.
Other than these caveats, images are representative. On the few occasions when I sold rough, I remember lowering the saturation and contrast to avoid any buyer disappointment.
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