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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 2, 2021 21:23:30 GMT -5
I couldn't resist playing around some more. Still using the point and shoot and the flashlight on my phone. I really need to get some more rocks polished up so I can really start to have fun. First up is a different crazy lace. This is one I have yet to ID. It is mostly clear with some bits of pink and gray/brown. I liked this one because it reminded me of an image from the Hubble space telescope. I want to see a picture of the whole pink rock. I'm curious.
Nice pictures!
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Post by Garage Rocker on Mar 2, 2021 22:16:31 GMT -5
I like the experimentation Brian. Isn't it fun to grab the camera, whatever camera you have, and play? Just experimenting with different settings gives such different looks. I learned, when film and processing cost something, on an old school Canon A-1. I can't imagine what I would have tried if the opportunity existed then to capture as many images as you want, for free, and process (yourself) and print only what you want. I really like the look of the crazy lace shots you're putting out there. Keep on shooting and remember...it's free. I hope everyone get's a little loose with that shutter finger.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Mar 3, 2021 0:29:24 GMT -5
Polka Dot
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Post by Brian on Mar 3, 2021 7:53:36 GMT -5
I like the experimentation Brian. Isn't it fun to grab the camera, whatever camera you have, and play? Just experimenting with different settings gives such different looks. I learned, when film and processing cost something, on an old school Canon A-1. I can't imagine what I would have tried if the opportunity existed then to capture as many images as you want, for free, and process (yourself) and print only what you want. I really like the look of the crazy lace shots you're putting out there. Keep on shooting and remember...it's free. I hope everyone get's a little loose with that shutter finger. I grew up with a film camera but was always hesitant to shoot much. Developing the film was too expensive for us to go crazy with it. Digital really opened up a lot of opportunities to really let loose and play. My wife and I always compare after a trip. She’s usually proud of herself for taking a hundred photos... until she sees that I’ve taken three thousand. I took several photography classes 15+ years ago and loved them. They were mostly landscape-style photography courses and I still struggle with lighting for close up photos. For those last two shots I posted, the rocks were backlit by setting them directly on my phone’s flashlight.
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Post by Brian on Mar 3, 2021 8:18:07 GMT -5
Thank you, hummingbirdstones ! Here is a picture of the rock that picture came from. It is the lozenge shaped stone. The other one is a similar variety. My guess is quartz and possibly tourmaline in quartz due to the brightness of the pink. That’s just a wild guess as my IDing skills need quite a bit of work.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 3, 2021 8:32:15 GMT -5
I'm no competition for the likes of Randy and others but I did a few with an ancient Nikon D70 with a high end Nikon 24-85 f2.8 1:2 macro on it's last leg. All manual since all auto systems are broken on the lens and camera. Assuming not-rock photos are allowable. The death hole or 'down the hatch'. A play on short depth of field and light passing thru color patterned translucent vascular flesh. Thanks
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Post by jamesp on Mar 3, 2021 8:37:01 GMT -5
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Post by Garage Rocker on Mar 3, 2021 9:02:32 GMT -5
I'm no competition for the likes of Randy and others but I did a few with an ancient Nikon D70 with a high end Nikon 24-85 f2.8 1:2 macro on it's last leg. All manual since all auto systems are broken on the lens and camera. Assuming not-rock photos are allowable. The death hole or 'down the hatch'. A play on short depth of field and light passing thru color patterned translucent vascular flesh. Thanks I remember when you took those, Jim. Those are great shots! That death tube is hypnotic, but deadly, no doubt. Flowers, like rocks, provide a lot of macro opportunities. I thought you may recognize a couple of my shots above. They are a product of your skunk works laboratory down there, after all. I'm having fun checking out the countless compositions, so expect a few more. There will likely be a dedicated thread on these before long, though. I don't want to flood this thread. I'm plan on taking some of my favorite of these abstract macros and get them printed on canvas to hang in my man cave basement. Your glass is going to fill in some holes with colors and patterns I just can't find in rocks alone.
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Post by chandler on Mar 3, 2021 11:15:56 GMT -5
Great thread!
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Post by saxplayer on Mar 3, 2021 12:26:50 GMT -5
I'm no competition for the likes of Randy and others but I did a few with an ancient Nikon D70 with a high end Nikon 24-85 f2.8 1:2 macro on it's last leg. All manual since all auto systems are broken on the lens and camera. Assuming not-rock photos are allowable. The death hole or 'down the hatch'. A play on short depth of field and light passing thru color patterned translucent vascular flesh. Thanks I remember when you took those, Jim. Those are great shots! That death tube is hypnotic, but deadly, no doubt. Flowers, like rocks, provide a lot of macro opportunities. I thought you may recognize a couple of my shots above. They are a product of your skunk works laboratory down there, after all.  I'm having fun checking out the countless compositions, so expect a few more. There will likely be a dedicated thread on these before long, though. I don't want to flood this thread. I'm plan on taking some of my favorite of these abstract macros and get them printed on canvas to hang in my man cave basement. Your glass is going to fill in some holes with colors and patterns I just can't find in rocks alone. Dilute it away Randy, that’s what the thread was made for lol!!
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Post by jamesp on Mar 3, 2021 14:27:56 GMT -5
Macros are addictive and attract tons of attention. Great thread subject. If an artist has a thing for one subject chances are others will too. And that artist may show their best work with that particular subject. Polished items are often a real challenge from the lighting standpoint.
Both are shards Randy. The yellow/white is Polish with copper wire fused in. The green is a wildly patterned Italian vase.
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Post by Benathema on Mar 3, 2021 21:13:39 GMT -5
I've seen sunsets in FL after an afternoon thunderstorm that look like this.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 4, 2021 8:03:20 GMT -5
If no one else is... Paid a glass blower to make these stock globes. Nipped down to size and melted flat. shaped and tumbled Nikoned shark eye, sheet of white blobs glass on top, sheet of black opaque glass on bottom, then center drilled, then fused, then tumbled another from the globe
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Post by saxplayer on Mar 4, 2021 9:05:30 GMT -5
Sweet glass. Love it always! jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 4, 2021 9:45:26 GMT -5
Sweet glass. Love it always! jamespThanks Grant. Just adding to the other fine adornments.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Mar 4, 2021 10:01:55 GMT -5
jamesp, I can't imagine how much time could be spent photographing all that amazing glass. Countless scenes, colors and patterns. Thanks for letting me take a run at some of this fine subject matter. Thoroughly enjoying it!
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Post by jamesp on Mar 4, 2021 10:47:06 GMT -5
jamesp, I can't imagine how much time could be spent photographing all that amazing glass. Countless scenes, colors and patterns. Thanks for letting me take a run at some of this fine subject matter. Thoroughly enjoying it! The most impressive patterns come from the glass blowers Randy. Their experience in twisting/smearing/expanding along with additives like powders/reactants/bubbles makes for some insane outcomes. To my surprise no glass jewelry makers has approached them to make jewelry stock. By the time he mixes up 5 to 8 pounds of art glass and mixes it up to make a stock 'blob' vase for reducing to pendant sizes the price is low and outcome unbeatable. You could ask him to make you a vase just for tumble stock too. He charged me $70 for one of those 8 pound globes. 2 Lot-O loads...
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Post by saxplayer on Mar 9, 2021 0:34:42 GMT -5
Alright, time to upload a few more, playing around with the new toy! Some are more macro than others, but I am still learning.
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Post by saxplayer on Mar 9, 2021 0:36:02 GMT -5
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Post by Brian on Mar 9, 2021 8:23:47 GMT -5
I love that Dead Camel, Grant! It’s amazing how the colors are so segmented by the fractures, particular in #4 and #5.
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