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Post by jamesp on Dec 24, 2013 22:36:52 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2013 22:43:30 GMT -5
spank my ass and call me shirley! That is sweet! Yes, get a tripod.
+1infinity to tripod
I could send you lavics for a decade and there will likely be no duplicates. I am learning lavic is western coral. A stone of many faces.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2013 22:46:07 GMT -5
dude - you could crop this a bit - print it BIG and sell fine art prints
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Post by jamesp on Dec 24, 2013 22:59:13 GMT -5
The lavic is amazing photo base too. It is so varied. I can greatly improve the focus/depth going to 1/30 to 1/10 second at f/11 f/16 stops. Vibration has to be eliminated.
The rock takes up the whole plate so cropping can be done to extreme magnifications.
I have thought about selling prints. Using the polished windows on tumbles. And a macro lens. and better light etc
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Post by quartz on Dec 24, 2013 23:06:57 GMT -5
Even without all the stuff you said you need, still some good pics. Really like the variety. Larry
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Post by jamesp on Dec 25, 2013 6:24:48 GMT -5
What is that candle stick? Looks like copper and brass. Puzzled ?*$# Merry Christmas Larry and Fam
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2013 8:26:12 GMT -5
One to one hand held then blowing it up that big is totally amazing!!! Like going to the 1000 yard range with a 22. I am thoroughly and totally impressed.
Back in the day when I had the equipment I shot a lot of one to one and had a lot of fun with it. Dragonflies. Jim
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Post by jamesp on Dec 25, 2013 8:38:12 GMT -5
One to one hand held then blowing it up that big is totally amazing!!! Like going to the 1000 yard range with a 22. I am thoroughly and totally impressed. Back in the day when I had the equipment I shot a lot of one to one and had a lot of fun with it. Dragonflies. Jim But Jim, look at the 'NOT 1:1' photos i just posted in this category. They were all hand held and i used a newer fandangled digital age zoom lens. But i can not crop them like i could these 1:1 's forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/63473/macro-lense-setting-focal-length
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Post by Tom on Dec 25, 2013 8:46:37 GMT -5
Great images James,
If you want to get into this picture taking seriously and I know you do:) Get a tripod, get a light tent with a stand so you can put the camera on the stand and it looks straight down. Use 5000K lamps or a sunlight lamp, something without an orange or red glow. 5K lamps are really white. Infact I use them in almost all my light fixtures in the house. But most important get a remote trigger, cordless or corded don't matter for what you want to do. Even with a tripod or stand you will still get a bit of vibration when you pull the trigger on the camera.
I used to collect ancient coins and got quite good at taking close ups.
Disclaimer>>>> Do not just what I say from my images I have been very lazy of late re: taking images. So its the old "do as I say, not as I do" LOL
I use a Nikon D80. I have a macro lens but seem to get better results NOT using it, that is likely just me.
MERRY CHRISTMAS Jim to you and yours and to all the other members of this wonderful formum!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2013 13:39:53 GMT -5
+1 to corded shutter release. I used one on my images of Ray's cut quartz stone.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 25, 2013 17:18:22 GMT -5
I was thinking about detonating large firecrackers coated in dog crap w/one of those corded shutter releases.
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Post by quartz on Dec 25, 2013 21:23:50 GMT -5
That "candle stick" is a piece of pet wood just under 6" long. It's just big enough I can't get a really proper pic. of it, too big for macro and too small for normal, need a better camera. Most unusual rock though, it came from a now-closed area west of Chehalis, WA. I was afraid to tumble it, did it on the grinder, lots of time. The base is myrtle wood. Like the pics.,hoping to be able to get something similar to your setup, makes the features in the rocks really pop. Larry
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Dec 25, 2013 21:29:42 GMT -5
Nice shots James!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2013 21:47:57 GMT -5
I was thinking about detonating large firecrackers coated in dog crap w/one of those corded shutter releases. I hope that is a really long cable, or you gonna be covered by your own prank!
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Post by jamesp on Dec 25, 2013 22:00:53 GMT -5
24 inches
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Post by Geoff on Dec 25, 2013 22:46:31 GMT -5
Nice. I love my macro lens. It's mostly used for product shots now. I use my microscope for the big close ups. These are macro in my home made light box This one is in the microscope
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Post by jamesp on Dec 26, 2013 9:31:40 GMT -5
Your photos are light box and probably 5000K photo bulbs with proper light spray Geoff. I see lots of light boxes and good light spray etc. But that does not mean you will have good depth of field and good focus or even proper lighting.
Those photos have it all. The pyrite/galena in calcite? #2 is out of an encyclopedia good. They are all great.
I am going to tripod up and lower shutter speed for better depth.
Well done
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Post by Geoff on Dec 26, 2013 11:54:49 GMT -5
Thanks James. The second one is actually Carrollite and Chalcopyrite in Calcite. The main crystal is a little over a centimeter. The first is a two inch quartz crystal I dug in Mason Co, TX. It takes a little while to get everything set up, but I love how the pictures come out. I'm excited to see what you come up with. Not many people spend the money on a real macro lens.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 26, 2013 12:13:18 GMT -5
When i was 14 my Dad gave me this old Rolleicord. It is a large format 2.25 x 2.25 " film camera and the top lens was for composing and the bottom lense was for taking. Meaning that all of the light went to the film minus losses from the glass. The Zeiss lenses were very thin and even reduced that loss. Took as good a photo as film cam would allow. Anyway. It taught me to shoot manual all my life. It had a mechanical interlock so that if you picked f11 at 1/100 you could slide the assembly and change to f8 at 1/200 or f16 at 1/60 keeping the proportions. Damn Germans. These photos are in great need of slower shutter and smaller opening. And a tripod/remote shutter release. The coral has good X5-X30 mag characteristics for close photos.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 26, 2013 13:32:00 GMT -5
I held all still and took at f16 and 1/3 1/4 1/5 shutter speeds. Dilemena-The manual Vivitar Macro f-stop may slave to the Nikon D70 controls. I did not care. The lens went as small as f16 so i simply shot at f16 and adjusted the shutter to make the photo happen. To get max depth of field. I was happily surprised at the depth. Should have a good time w/this. Will attack white balance last..That is too red a finger for even a Georgia Redneck.
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