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Post by txrockhunter on Jan 9, 2018 14:52:33 GMT -5
Included some of the San Jacinto material in the 3 loads I have running in coarse stage. Those river tumbled rocks are a bonus for tumbling. Still studying the geology of SE Texas and still confused. There do seem to be some ancient River Deltas in the San Jacinto Watershed including the ancestral Brazos and a couple of others from the north and from an Ancient Arkansas Igneous Zone. So many different layers put down over the last 100 million years and then tilted, eroded, new layers etc, etc. Whatever happened it did help us, now if we can just find anot yet discovered deposit of Red Plume/Bouquet agate in the Brazos near Sealy! Looking forward to seeing how those tumbles come out! You found some winners, the other day! Assuming you'll give me a heads up on that deposit of Red Plume/Bouquet agate, that you're going to discover  . |
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Post by HankRocks on Jan 9, 2018 15:54:31 GMT -5
You will be the first to know the location!
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Post by dakotabirder on Jan 9, 2018 19:11:43 GMT -5
Thanks for the pic of the photo setup. Still new at all of this, but have noticed photos either fall in the white or black background side. Figured out white, didn't know what people did to get isolated shots of a stone with a black background. Thx!
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jan 17, 2018 10:28:48 GMT -5
Wow, Jeremy, love this new set of pics. That lightbox has taken things up a notch! Some truly beautiful material you grabbed. Thanks a bunch for sharing!
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Post by txrockhunter on Jan 18, 2018 16:28:33 GMT -5
Wow, Jeremy, love this new set of pics. That lightbox has taken things up a notch! Some truly beautiful material you grabbed. Thanks a bunch for sharing! Thanks, Randy! The light box has opened some new possibilities. Still need to figure out the lighting for tumbled rocks. Ditched my first few attempts. I think the lights were too close and at poor angles. Headed back to your origional setup post. Work in progress anyway. Good to hear from you! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 16:45:01 GMT -5
Wow, Jeremy, love this new set of pics. That lightbox has taken things up a notch! Some truly beautiful material you grabbed. Thanks a bunch for sharing! Thanks, Randy! The light box has opened some new possibilities. Still need to figure out the lighting for tumbled rocks. Ditched my first few attempts. I think the lights were too close and at poor angles. Headed back to your origional setup post. Work in progress anyway. Good to hear from you! Jeremy, Those are truly mind boggling pics. The fact you are unhappy seems normal.... Have you tried moving your side lamps (reptile lights!) farther from the screen? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 16:47:16 GMT -5
Thanks for the pic of the photo setup. Still new at all of this, but have noticed photos either fall in the white or black background side. Figured out white, didn't know what people did to get isolated shots of a stone with a black background. Thx! I photograph on black velvet for black background. No Photoshop needed in most cases. I also love black glass for a mirror effect. |
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Post by txrockhunter on Jan 18, 2018 17:07:35 GMT -5
Thanks, Randy! The light box has opened some new possibilities. Still need to figure out the lighting for tumbled rocks. Ditched my first few attempts. I think the lights were too close and at poor angles. Headed back to your origional setup post. Work in progress anyway. Good to hear from you! Jeremy, Those are truly mind boggling pics. The fact you are unhappy seems normal.... Have you tried moving your side lamps (reptile lights!) farther from the screen? Glad you noticed the reptile lamps. Truly a DIY, use what you have, project. Tried to move the lights up, but the box corners limit the angles and block a lot of the light. I'm going to build another one that allows light in from higher angles. Also found someone talking about "cross polarization". Polarized filters on the lights and on the camera lens. Need to do some more research on it. |
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Post by captbob on Jan 18, 2018 17:20:30 GMT -5
Those are the fixtures for reptile lights (ceramic sockets) but what are the bulbs? I have tried to take rock pictures inside my iguana's enclosure - figured on using the bright light to my advantage - but the UVB lights gave a green cast to the photos. Are your pictures so awesome because of the paper filtering the light or are those standard incandescent bulbs?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 17:53:03 GMT -5
Those are the fixtures for reptile lights (ceramic sockets) but what are the bulbs? I have tried to take rock pictures inside my iguana's enclosure - figured on using the bright light to my advantage - but the UVB lights gave a green cast to the photos. Are your pictures so awesome because of the paper filtering the light or are those standard incandescent bulbs? Bob try 5500k bulbs It's all about white balance. |
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Post by txrockhunter on Jan 19, 2018 11:10:23 GMT -5
Those are the fixtures for reptile lights (ceramic sockets) but what are the bulbs? I have tried to take rock pictures inside my iguana's enclosure - figured on using the bright light to my advantage - but the UVB lights gave a green cast to the photos. Are your pictures so awesome because of the paper filtering the light or are those standard incandescent bulbs? Thanks, Bob! I'm continung to follow your major finds and can't wait for next set of pic's after tomorrow's trip! They are "Daylight" LED bulbs, around 500 lumens. Found them on sale at HD 2 bulbs for $6. Like Scott said, the color is most important, not the brightness. The fabric is there to diffuse or spread out the light. |
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Post by RWA3006 on Jan 20, 2018 22:47:02 GMT -5
Nice photos. I appreciate seeing your light box. btw, nice rocks too.
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Post by rjbud1 on Feb 10, 2018 16:44:03 GMT -5
Beautiful stones. #7 reminds me of bacon.
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Post by aDave on Feb 10, 2018 19:01:20 GMT -5
Wow, Jeremy, love this new set of pics. That lightbox has taken things up a notch! Some truly beautiful material you grabbed. Thanks a bunch for sharing! Thanks, Randy! The light box has opened some new possibilities. Still need to figure out the lighting for tumbled rocks. Ditched my first few attempts. I think the lights were too close and at poor angles. Headed back to your origional setup post. Work in progress anyway. Good to hear from you! Hi Jeremy. Can't believe I missed this thread. Great work all the way around. I'll be following what you do for getting results with tumbles in a lightbox setup. Since I'm still relying on some sun/skylights/etc for diffusion, I held up on photographing my last couple of batches. Also have taken a photography hiatus. Your stuff is great inspiration and may cause me to work on my lighting a bit more dilligently. Nice work! |
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Post by fernwood on Feb 11, 2018 8:06:40 GMT -5
One of those threads I keep coming back to. The photography makes some of the cuts appear 3D. Amazing.
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Post by beefjello on Feb 14, 2018 18:22:55 GMT -5
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Post by txrockhunter on Feb 19, 2018 15:34:50 GMT -5
Thanks, Randy! The light box has opened some new possibilities. Still need to figure out the lighting for tumbled rocks. Ditched my first few attempts. I think the lights were too close and at poor angles. Headed back to your origional setup post. Work in progress anyway. Good to hear from you! Hi Jeremy. Can't believe I missed this thread. Great work all the way around. I'll be following what you do for getting results with tumbles in a lightbox setup. Since I'm still relying on some sun/skylights/etc for diffusion, I held up on photographing my last couple of batches. Also have taken a photography hiatus. Your stuff is great inspiration and may cause me to work on my lighting a bit more dilligently. Nice work! Hey, thanks Dave! Still a work in progress, but the results seam to be pretty promising. Working on the tumble photos as we speak. Got a batch of obsidian, that are turning out pretty cool. |
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