snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Dec 3, 2013 20:42:08 GMT -5
Very nice batch of wonderful color!!
snuffy
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Dec 3, 2013 20:53:30 GMT -5
great batch and your photos really capture the details.
Chuck
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Post by jamesp on Dec 3, 2013 21:09:04 GMT -5
I cooked this one the other day Snuffy. I had to work it out of a giant coral head. It started yellow. Turns orange. I have been extracting from this giant coral for a year.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 3, 2013 21:48:21 GMT -5
great batch and your photos really capture the details. Chuck I got too much incandescent (red). But the contrasts and patterns are correct. The beat up old Nikon D70 is part to blame for good photos, but the biggest reason is an old hand me down AF Nikkor 24-85mm 1:2.8-4 with a goofy macro switch. Yep, a zoom lens w/Ruth Goldberg macro setting. Not even image stabilized. Holding camera and rock in hand-no tripod. under rated macro on this baby. No more than 5 seconds per photo. 1/80 f5-f8 all manually chosen dark rocks f5, lite rocks f8. others between. Single bulb source halogen 50 watt natural (i think). Can adjust white balance to correct if needed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2013 22:03:30 GMT -5
Back in my Pentax ME Super days I had a 70-210 f4 with a macro adjustable focus ring when at 210mm. It gave me "half life size" on film. A 1" ruler would register as 1/2" on a slide. Put an extension tube on it and now I could go twice life size. The pro I worked for said "you cannot put extension rings on a zoom lens." Haha! When you do that the zoom slider becomes the focuser and focus didn't work.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 3, 2013 22:06:28 GMT -5
Saying that it worked well for you Scott?
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Post by quartz on Dec 3, 2013 22:23:23 GMT -5
You must be getting smarter/sharper with your hunting, every time you show us new mtl., it's better than the last show, more color and pattern variety every time. It's great, thanks. Larry
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Post by bsky4463 on Dec 3, 2013 22:27:53 GMT -5
This thread is almost a visual overload...almost makes me want to move to the deeeeeep south. But really I can't give up the 0 degrees and foot of snow in the yard. Keep on giving up the photos James they are warming my soul in this time of dark cold. (FYI bsky=big sky). Cheers Andy
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Post by wireholic on Dec 3, 2013 22:35:55 GMT -5
Back in my Pentax ME Super days I had a 70-210 f4 with a macro adjustable focus ring when at 210mm. It gave me "half life size" on film. A 1" ruler would register as 1/2" on a slide. Put an extension tube on it and now I could go twice life size. The pro I worked for said "you cannot put extension rings on a zoom lens." Haha! When you do that the zoom slider becomes the focuser and focus didn't work. Scott - I know I'm going to regret this but - what were you trying to make twice life size?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2013 22:39:47 GMT -5
Bugz, snake heads, lizard eyes, spiders, flowers.................
do you regret it now?
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Post by wireholic on Dec 3, 2013 22:48:07 GMT -5
eye of newt & toe of frog....sounds like a recipe I heard of
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Post by jamesp on Dec 3, 2013 22:57:37 GMT -5
I was thinking it may be Polish. Podonsky Brezinkski Kowalski Kowalewski MĹ‚ynarski Nowakowski Lisowski Tarnowski Zaleski Jankowski Janowski Adamczewski Andyibski Adamczewski. Would that work? Blue Sky = Montana. I was sure. I saw your weather. You guys are tough. Wow. It has rained and rained here. Caught me w/my pants down. Had to cut and split and dry fire wood all day. I see you are sending days of rain. Then cold!! Split these down and drying them for some starter wood. The oak i stoked it with was caramelized from falling with the sap up in the summer and boy did it get hot. This is the basement. I know I know that is 2 days fuel for Montana people. It is soaking wet and needs to dry so i can mix green wood w/it. More kindling to dry on the stove. Plus pine stumps full of sap(lighter/fat wood)split
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Post by jamesp on Dec 3, 2013 23:13:54 GMT -5
Here is a piece of less common pinhead coral. Called that because the corallites are small,about the size of pin heads(like 1/16 inch). sawed today. Notice the wavy path of the tubes. Corallites can be seen in the left potion about center. It puzzles me how the light bends to go down the tubes. Usually the tubes only bend to get to the light-path of least resistance. Pinhead tubes look like curly hair..? I find this from Valdosta Ga. to Zephyr Hills Fl. It is sought after by knappers due to its glassy texture About a 15 pound head
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2013 23:27:22 GMT -5
you heat your home with wood?
Doesn't putting wood on the stovetop take a chance it'll get hot enough to ignite spontaneously?
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Post by herchenx on Dec 3, 2013 23:29:14 GMT -5
Man that stuff is awesome!
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Post by jamesp on Dec 4, 2013 1:16:11 GMT -5
Thank you John Herchenx. There for your viewing pleasure.
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Post by bhiatt on Dec 4, 2013 1:39:44 GMT -5
Your coral in first photo looks similiar to this one you sent my way. Pretty cool. Might as well show off this beauty while Im at it. My favorite piece of coral.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 4, 2013 7:49:25 GMT -5
Funny Brad. Both 'first 'photos represent most of the coral found. But the second one you are into has a butterscotch center throughout. It is exactly like this one (bad photo)
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Post by jamesp on Dec 4, 2013 8:33:00 GMT -5
you heat your home with wood? Doesn't putting wood on the stovetop take a chance it'll get hot enough to ignite spontaneously? For many years i have heated w/wood. Small farm guy like me has always got trees in the way or fallen. Place is kinda cleaned up after 20 years. Now i cut trees reaching for sunlight at the bottom of the valleys to get long limbless trunks. That way they split easy(no knots). And cut 12 inches long makes splitting w/lite weight maul easy. And always white oak(splits easy and no splinters) 20-24 inches through at chest level is about a 60 foot limbless log so bottom 30 feet can be split 6 ways and top 30 feet 4 ways. That can be split in an hour or two w/a hand maul. Then the canopy cut into fire box length. It is a regimented system based on many 24 inch caliper white oaks on this property.
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Post by bhiatt on Dec 4, 2013 12:34:15 GMT -5
thats a sweet piece of coral. The pattern looks like it is popping out in the red area through the buttescotch. These polished coral pieces look even nicer in hand than pics.I can vouche for that.
kinda looks like a flesh eating virus also.
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