Mike Owens Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Trying out some photos to see how they look. I view them on a TV screen & sometimes they look ok to me, but not to the majority of y'all on your computer moniters. Please comment. Thanks Edited on 11-03-2007. I will identify the photos with what little information I have. I welcome anyone who has more information to please add it. Photo#1: Iron pyrite rosette. Photo#2: Shark teeth. Photo#3: Echinoid (as found). Photo#4: Echinoid (cleaned). Photo#5: From left to right. Aquatic reptile tooth. Mosasaur Clidastes / Fish tooth. Enchodus / Saw fish tooth. Ischyrhiza mira / Shell crusher fish tooth. Pycnodont / Fish tooth. Portheus molossus (Xiphactinus). Harry, this is the best I can do on short notice. Also, was it you who was suppose to remind me in mid october about finding an Echinoid in my shed?- Mike -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Trying out some photos to see how they look. I view them on a TV screen & sometimes they look ok to me, but not to the majority of y'all on your computer moniters. Please comment.Thanks I think you should experiment with the lighting -- some of these images seem slightly "over-exposed." Try different things until you get images that are "breath-taking." (Don't ask me to quantify that!) The beauty of digital photography is that you can take as many images as you want -- learn by doing. I don't know what the limitations of your camera/software are. Close-ups are challenging. I find it easiest to make a high definition (lots of pixels) image and crop it and manipulate it to a useful size with software. For example the image of the andradite garnet(?) takes up only about 16% of the available image space. You might have taken a high-def image of the crystal, then cropped all the margin, and still would have to bring the image down to a useful size with your software. You could make this garnet the size of a baseball. This is process I used with the Glass Mountains invertebrates. Keep experimenting and sharing! -------Harry Pristis http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrocklds Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 good pictures overall. i prefer a white or black background over the yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Owens Posted November 2, 2007 Author Share Posted November 2, 2007 I think you should experiment with the lighting -- some of these images seem slightly "over-exposed." Try different things until you get images that are "breath-taking." (Don't ask me to quantify that!) The beauty of digital photography is that you can take as many images as you want -- learn by doing.I don't know what the limitations of your camera/software are. Close-ups are challenging. I find it easiest to make a high definition (lots of pixels) image and crop it and manipulate it to a useful size with software. For example the image of the andradite garnet(?) takes up only about 16% of the available image space. You might have taken a high-def image of the crystal, then cropped all the margin, and still would have to bring the image down to a useful size with your software. You could make this garnet the size of a baseball. This is process I used with the Glass Mountains invertebrates. Keep experimenting and sharing! -------Harry Pristis Thats what I'm doing -- trial & error. So far mostly error. The mineral is called Iron Pyrite Rosette. There is an old pit a few miles south of me that you can dig them out of the limestone walls. I understand they are sought after by the Rock Hounds. I hope to do some more T & E tomorrow. Thanks for the encouragement. -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Thats what I'm doing -- trial & error. So far mostly error. The mineral is called Iron Pyrite Rosette. There is an old pit a few miles south of me that you can dig them out of the limestone walls. I understand they are sought after by the Rock Hounds. I hope to do some more T & E tomorrow. Thanks for the encouragement. Pyrite! Interesting. Little pyrite balls from Western Kansas were popular with the crystal-healing folks a while back -- there was a whole mythology about them. Here's what I thought you had there. These are andradite garnets I bought from a fossil dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. I don't know anything else about them. Some are larger, some smaller, and they occur fused into multiples. Give us some information about the fossils in your images, Mike. ------Harry Pristis http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Owens Posted November 2, 2007 Author Share Posted November 2, 2007 Pyrite! Interesting. Little pyrite balls from Western Kansas were popular with the crystal-healing folks a while back -- there was a whole mythology about them. Here's what I thought you had there. These are andradite garnets I bought from a fossil dealer in Erfoud, Morocco. I don't know anything else about them. Some are larger, some smaller, and they occur fused into multiples. Give us some information about the fossils in your images, Mike. ------Harry Pristis Harry - I can see why you thought it was an Andradite Garnet. I managed to take what I think is a much clearer photo that shows it's true coloration. They may be the same thing called something different in each location where found, but I'll have to leave it to a mineral expert to determine that. Check out the photo below. Are yours this color? - Mike -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Harry - I can see why you thought it was an Andradite Garnet. I managed to take what I think is a much clearer photo that shows it's true coloration. They may be the same thing called something different in each location where found, but I'll have to leave it to a mineral expert to determine that. Check out the photo below. Are yours this color? - Mike Now, that's an excellent image, Mike! Mine? My garnets? The garnets are black. I keep trying to see some red, but they seem opaque. Maybe if I have one faceted, I could get some color. I don't have a pyrite ball from Kansas. I recall they come in two crystal forms -- one supposedly male, the other female, if you're a crystal-healing believer. I admit that I had an ethical problem selling healing crystals, though I have sold a few display crystals to individuals who could "feel their power!" I have had such bad luck with pyrite. I have probably a dozen pyritized ammonoids from Europe that are just decaying in their display boxes. It is so disappointing and frustrating. What's your experience with these pyrite balls? -------Harry Pristis http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Owens Posted November 2, 2007 Author Share Posted November 2, 2007 Now, that's an excellent image, Mike! Mine? My garnets? The garnets are black. I keep trying to see some red, but they seem opaque. Maybe if I have one faceted, I could get some color. I don't have a pyrite ball from Kansas. I recall they come in two crystal forms -- one supposedly male, the other female, if you're a crystal-healing believer. I admit that I had an ethical problem selling healing crystals, though I have sold a few display crystals to individuals who could "feel their power!" I have had such bad luck with pyrite. I have probably a dozen pyritized ammonoids from Europe that are just decaying in their display boxes. It is so disappointing and frustrating. What's your experience with these pyrite balls? -------Harry Pristis I've had this one for about 30 years. Some pyrite doesn't hold up well, but theses do. Mike -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Don't know if it's true or not, but I was told to keep marcasite (form of pyrite), I needed to cover it in oil. Have a small container of them somewhere (just my favorites) Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Owens Posted November 3, 2007 Author Share Posted November 3, 2007 Don't know if it's true or not, but I was told to keep marcasite (form of pyrite), I needed to cover it in oil. Have a smallcontainer of them somewhere (just my favorites) Never heard of putting them in oil, Roz. I only have a few left as the majority disintergrated. Got mine out of the blue shale in the bottom of Bear Creek about 25 years ago. Where did you get yours? -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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