rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Dec 17, 2005 17:15:49 GMT -5
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Post by parfive on Dec 17, 2005 17:29:27 GMT -5
rs - That's a batch to make Mel jealous, for color and variety.
Great job, excellent close-ups.
Rich
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Post by Toad on Dec 17, 2005 17:38:47 GMT -5
Nice. I have a big chunk of that that I'm just bursting to bust up.
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Post by Alice on Dec 17, 2005 17:42:52 GMT -5
Those are gorgeous RS!!!
Fantastic shine & GREAT close ups!
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Post by sandsman1 on Dec 17, 2005 17:51:48 GMT -5
man that stuff is pretty great job rollin
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MichiganRocks
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"I wasn't born to follow."
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Post by MichiganRocks on Dec 17, 2005 18:28:09 GMT -5
Hey Don, I really like the pet wood, and the Arizona type pet wood is the absolute best. Those look terrific, and I must say, I'm impressed withthe photography as well!  Ron |
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Post by joe on Dec 17, 2005 18:43:23 GMT -5
That is an awesome batch of stone! I like 'em a lot.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 17, 2005 19:52:48 GMT -5
Rollingstone: Boy I am jealous! Those are spectacular! That stuff is hard so you must have ground those for a good while to get them so rounded. Never cease to be amazed by the colors and patterns present in that Arizona material. Is that plume in that one pic?....Wow! Must say I'm jealous of your camera too. My older one just doesn't have the closeup fine detail capability of yours. Wonderful work and keep them pics coming...mel
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Post by Toad on Dec 17, 2005 20:22:14 GMT -5
I really like the yellow color. It doesn't seem that we have too much available to tumble in that color.
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Post by Condor on Dec 17, 2005 20:58:37 GMT -5
RS, your photos are exactly the reason I enjoy tumbling rocks. The first picture of the rough is just that, rough. Rough and, (no offense intended) ugly. After going through all the stages, and coming out of the polishing stage, they end up just amazingly stunning. Anyone who is not familiar with tumbling rocks would not believe that the final result came out of the first.
Great job Rollingstone.
Condor
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Post by Cher on Dec 17, 2005 22:42:53 GMT -5
Oooooooooooooo RS those are absolutely stunning!!
Can't believe that is pet wood, it's just beautiful.
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littlejimie
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Post by littlejimie on Dec 17, 2005 22:43:55 GMT -5
Fantastic stones...fantastic photos...what else can one say!
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Post by rockyraccoon on Dec 17, 2005 22:56:45 GMT -5
wow! those are knockouts and what is the red and white?
kim
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JKowalski33
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Post by JKowalski33 on Dec 17, 2005 23:34:45 GMT -5
i just got a 20lb flat-rate box full of arizona wood off ebay for about $27 after shipping. I have some of it going in a load right now. the rough looks very similar to the rough you showed, so I'm hoping it turns out similar to yours too. maybe ill get some pics of my rough so i can do a before and after thing too
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Post by pinemountaintrader on Dec 17, 2005 23:38:36 GMT -5
Oh I love those close-ups! And it's so great to have a "before" photo! Beautiful stuff, expertly handled |
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fatrichie
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Post by fatrichie on Dec 18, 2005 0:17:00 GMT -5
Wow! Nice work, on some really beautiful stone!
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Post by rockds on Dec 18, 2005 1:03:43 GMT -5
Great job RS, the colors are wonderful!
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Dec 18, 2005 2:35:20 GMT -5
RS,
Awesome Job! Great shine and pics. I really appreciate the before/after pics. Nicely done
Steve
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Post by stoner on Dec 18, 2005 2:59:42 GMT -5
Hey RS. Excellent job on the stones. That Arizona wood is just loaded with colors. I still have that big hunk I bought from Llana sitting on an antique mahogany side table and it amazes me everytime I look at it. Still having fun with the new camera I see. Nice pics.
Ed
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Dec 18, 2005 5:05:59 GMT -5
Thanks everyone for the compliments!
Mel, yes, this is hard stuff, I think most of it came through coarse in about 6 weeks. It's also pretty chippy, not terribly so, but a bit of extra care is definitely needed. As for the possible plume -- yes, about 10% of this did have a kind of plume-structure. I had a pic of all the plume stuff together, but didn't post it. The stuff with plume had the most detail and was probably also the most prone to chipping.
Toad, you are right...there aren't a lot of yellow rocks out there for tumbling. And this stuff does certainly give some nice bright yellows. I think the bright oranges are also very appealing.
Kim, I'm not quite sure what you meant by "what are the red and white" -- if you mean generally, then it's all just variations and impurities in the quartz/chalcedony. If you meant the first close-up (which was pure red and white) then that is just another piece of the plume-type stuff that Mel mentioned.
Stoner, yes, I recall that stunning piece you got from Llana, that was quite awhile ago. It inspired me to get a piece of my own, which is now displayed in our living room (I've never posted pics)... the full-rounds definitely put the bright colours into a fossil-log perspective!
As for the camera, it is definitely great tool. But I still haven't figured it out nearly as well as I would like. I've taken over 1,200 pics with it since I bought it a few months ago, and I've gotten things down pretty well in the macro/rock pic arena. But much of the rest of it remains a mystery. Okay, auto is easy, but when I try to catch pics of my daughter's indoor soccer games (indoor being necessity in this climate at this time of year), and the light is low, and the autofocus wants to focus on the net that screens the fans from errant soccer balls, and the action is fast -- I'm pretty much lost. Far too many icons popping up and things to adjust on short order, as the game action changes quickly. If I took as many pics of that as I do of rocks and other macro-things, I'd no doubt get pretty good at it. But trying it only once every few weeks still leaves me out of my league and rather frustrated. Oh well, maybe that will come in time.
Some have commented on the close-up shots with this camera (a Canon Powershot S2 IS). That is certainly an area where the camera still amazes me with its capability, and the one area where I do feel quite comfortable with this camera now. I'm going to put up a couple pics in a new thread (I'll call it "petwood cell structure", or something like that), to show how far this camera can take me into the micro world....it makes up for the other frustrating things!
Don
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