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Post by pizzano on Feb 23, 2019 16:32:23 GMT -5
Was dusting off the rock shelves (and rocks) this morning, on the bookcase I use for such.....had bright south sunlight shining through the window near the couch I was laying everything on.......and it came to me, why not try shooting some rocks pic's with the new tool.....handheld using manual settings with my old 28-80 f/3.5-5.6 lens and D7000.........I'm still learning my way around this beast.......It won't be long before I purchase a primary macro lens for this type of photo shooting.......but I had to try anyway.
Just thought I'd share some of what I have personally collected or have been given over the years....:
Was given to me by a Geotechnical firm I do business with
Was given to me by my rockhounding buddy
My son and I collected this at the old Portland Cement Plant Quarry, near Jurupa Hills CA.
My son and I collected this in southeast Salt Lake, UT
My son and I collected this Ophir, UT
I collected these just outside of Opal Mtn., CA
I collected a bunch of this tri-matrix in Mentone, CA
I collected a bunch of this at a grading job-site in Mentone, CA
Was given to me by my rockhounding buddy
Was given to me by my rockhounding buddy
Was given to me by the Geotechnical firm I do business with
As one could tell......my rockhounding buddy slabs, Lot-O tumbles and cabs....as well as traveling all over the place in search of "precious" materials. The Geotech firm is Ninyo & Moore, been doing business with them for more than 20yrs.
The photo's are my first attempt at this type of shooting......tried to focus on the "center" aspects of the subjects. I have a tri-pod, but this was spur-of-the moment and I got to get used to this camera quickly........planning on shooting my daughter's wedding reception (have a pro coming in to shoot the actual wedding stuff), in April.
Thank You RTH folks for allowing me to share........!
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Post by Pat on Feb 23, 2019 16:41:19 GMT -5
Some excellent specimens here, and some fine shots as well —- especially considering you didn’t use a tripod.
Thanks for the show.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 23, 2019 19:23:05 GMT -5
Agree with Pat. Especially like the UT fossil specimens. You're doing great with your new camera! |
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Post by aDave on Feb 23, 2019 20:15:11 GMT -5
Alot of those are some nice crisp photos. Well done, Joe pizzano. I'll offer a couple points if you don't mind, just for down the road. Direct sunlight like you had for these specimens work great - especially if stuff is wet. Not so with tumbled material. For some reason (and I don't know exactly why) direct sun washes out the shine in polished rocks to where the camera can't pick up the polish. I think your second to the last photo is the nicest. It's sharp and cropped close. Take advantage of the camera and take the highest quality resolution photos you can. That way, even if the photo is not tight to the subject, you'll be able to crop and zoom in when you edit. In your fourth photo, you got bit by auto-focus with auto sensors. When that happens, the camera picks the focus points and the part you might want in focus actually isn't. If you have the ability to select the focus point in your viewfinder, do so. When I shoot rocks, I pick the center point manually and go from there. Other than that, you're off to a great start. I'd love to help you with Nikons specifically, but I'm a Canon guy and can't. Best regards. |
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pizzano
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Post by pizzano on Feb 23, 2019 21:51:12 GMT -5
Thanks Pat, Robin and Dave......I still have a lot to learn, beats the heck out of my cell phone photo's I've posted here.
Dave.......I used a few different manual focus only (aperture, ISO and shutter speed) settings. Only one manual/auto focus setting on two pic's, one of which you caught. The other was the Citrine crystals.........I tried to use the focus centering application on those two, there are like 30 different points of reference that can be selected on a subject..........and I used the viewing screen and not the view finder on all of the shots. I wear glasses and the view finder is a pain with or without the boot........almost got it right......lol
Nothing was cropped or edited.......only file size to post here.............Thanks again for the comforting observations...! |
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Post by manofglass on Feb 23, 2019 22:12:38 GMT -5
Thanks Pat, Robin and Dave......I still have a lot to learn, beats the heck out of my cell phone photo's I've posted here.
Dave.......I used a few different manual focus only (aperture, ISO and shutter speed) settings. Only one manual/auto focus setting on two pic's, one of which you caught. The other was the Citrine crystals.........I tried to use the focus centering application on those two, there are like 30 different points of reference that can be selected on a subject..........and I used the viewing screen and not the view finder on all of the shots. I wear glasses and the view finder is a pain with or without the boot........almost got it right......lol
Nothing was cropped or edited.......only file size to post here.............Thanks again for the comforting observations...! All your photos look good |
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Post by pizzano on Feb 23, 2019 23:45:13 GMT -5
Thanks Walt.......you've been a tremendous help and inspiration to me.......you're feedback has motivated me to get a handle on this complicated SLR........sooner than later.....!
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Post by fernwood on Feb 24, 2019 6:19:44 GMT -5
Nice specimens and photos.
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