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Post by Garage Rocker on Jan 30, 2017 15:02:02 GMT -5
I feel guilty because the photography plays such a big part of these things, but it's something I take pride in as much as my tumbles. After months of waiting on a tumble to finish, I didn't mind firing off 50 or more exposures to get what I want out of those three photos.
regardless of the stones, hands down the best photo of the bunch imho... Care to share your photo setup? Well done, thx Scott. Thanks!
I ran through the setup with James in this thread.
forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/77045/december-tumbles-pic-heavy-again
The photography talk starts on page 2. I've messaged with a few people about taking pics and setup. I need to pull all the info together in one place.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 30, 2017 15:54:41 GMT -5
Thanks for the before images! And you are welcome. I'm pleased almost everyone understood this was meant to be a challenge. Not an easy peasy agate. Tougher materials make one think more about their methods. Pretty obvious you guys were up to the challenge. I had fun too!! Yes, I did understand that. I'd share my before pics with you, but it would be pointless. My rough looked nothing like that. Luck of the draw, I guess. This is not sour grapes, I had fun and learned something, too. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2017 15:55:30 GMT -5
Thank you Mr. Shotgunner. Quick question, where specifically did you collect this rock. I like to make a note on locations when I can. Colin Lavic Siding is on I40 east of the Pisgah Lava Beds and encompasses a huge area north and south of the highway. And recently I am told, west of the lava beds as well. |
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Post by metalsmith on Jan 30, 2017 16:07:23 GMT -5
Congrats to all the winners! I didn't vote for myself, so got zero votes. Shows you how much talent I have for tumbling blankety-blank Lavic, lol. Oh, and lack of photography skills. I will never again waste my time, grit and electricity tumbling garbage like that - Sorry, Scott - and I need to work on my photog skilz. It's just that once I signed on, I vowed to follow it to the end. Same here. Normally I don't touch brown unless it really has something going for it. I have a couple of slabs of Bruneau and I haven't managed to get to them yet. And my chloropal looked like fragments of cow-pat.. their tumble was pulled halfway and never finished. But you know, even part way in, there was something about turning non-descript Lavic Jasper into something even vaguely shiny. Like Jean I wanted to see it through. You know, there might even be a few nice pieces in there! I'm pretty happy with the finished articles. I had to cut these by hand with a pendant & 50mm diamond disc. Wow, did they take some cutting! That's some hard material. I tried to steer clear of too much shaping, but cutting slabettes seemed to be the best way to find attractive features in the rock. There weren't many, but by the end of the process, I was attracted by the subtle play of blush across the sandy-brown. One not particularly successful piece looked to have potential so I shaped it on the facetter. I often find with tumbled stones that I can see a better alternative for the stone than simply from the rough, but (since I don't - or haven't wrapped) wonder what to do with the tumbles. Any way, I did this:  |
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Post by Pat on Jan 30, 2017 16:14:23 GMT -5
Congrats to all the winners! I didn't vote for myself, so got zero votes. Shows you how much talent I have for tumbling blankety-blank Lavic, lol. Oh, and lack of photography skills. I will never again waste my time, grit and electricity tumbling garbage like that - Sorry, Scott - and I need to work on my photog skilz. It's just that once I signed on, I vowed to follow it to the end. Jean, that is exactly how I feel about tumbling. I greatly appreciate the efforts of others, but it is not for me to do with any rock. |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jan 30, 2017 16:27:42 GMT -5
Thanks for the before images! And you are welcome. I'm pleased almost everyone understood this was meant to be a challenge. Not an easy peasy agate. Tougher materials make one think more about their methods. Pretty obvious you guys were up to the challenge. I had fun too!! Yes, I did understand that. I'd share my before pics with you, but it would be pointless. My rough looked nothing like that. Luck of the draw, I guess. This is not sour grapes, I had fun and learned something, too. I think we all had at least some material that should never have seen the inside of a tumbler. If not for one rock that far outclassed the others, my prospects would have been slim for a slick shine. This is not that rock...
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Post by havasumargo on Jan 30, 2017 20:44:15 GMT -5
What a great contest! Never have I seen a more beautiful jasper then this. All I can say is patience pays! This was my first contest and to have come in second place is a shock and honor! Thank you so much to Scott for putting this together. Congratulations to all the other entrants. This was a lot of fun!
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Post by spiceman on Jan 30, 2017 20:48:17 GMT -5
Tumbleing was a challenge. Even braking the pieces up was a challenge.
Had fun and learned the be patient rule.
I run out of patients and had to find more but still had fun.
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Post by melhill1659 on Jan 30, 2017 22:32:49 GMT -5
Congrats to all the winners! I didn't vote for myself, so got zero votes. Shows you how much talent I have for tumbling blankety-blank Lavic, lol. Oh, and lack of photography skills. I will never again waste my time, grit and electricity tumbling garbage like that - Sorry, Scott - and I need to work on my photog skilz. It's just that once I signed on, I vowed to follow it to the end. Same here. Normally I don't touch brown unless it really has something going for it. I have a couple of slabs of Bruneau and I haven't managed to get to them yet. And my chloropal looked like fragments of cow-pat.. their tumble was pulled halfway and never finished. But you know, even part way in, there was something about turning non-descript Lavic Jasper into something even vaguely shiny. Like Jean I wanted to see it through. You know, there might even be a few nice pieces in there! I'm pretty happy with the finished articles. I had to cut these by hand with a pendant & 50mm diamond disc. Wow, did they take some cutting! That's some hard material. I tried to steer clear of too much shaping, but cutting slabettes seemed to be the best way to find attractive features in the rock. There weren't many, but by the end of the process, I was attracted by the subtle play of blush across the sandy-brown. One not particularly successful piece looked to have potential so I shaped it on the facetter. I often find with tumbled stones that I can see a better alternative for the stone than simply from the rough, but (since I don't - or haven't wrapped) wonder what to do with the tumbles. Any way, I did this: That is an amazing jasper!!! I am sure you'll get many who can wrap that would love to have it!!! Me being one of them! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2017 15:28:28 GMT -5
Prizes sent! Woot!
Great job everyone.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 3, 2017 19:53:46 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2017 21:31:02 GMT -5
Yes indeed!! Thanks Randy! |
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