Saturday, October 8, 2011

Rocks and Minerals

I said a long time ago that I would take more pictures of rocks and minerals. I haven't the best set up, and I have been having a hard time trying to recreate studio lighting with a lamp. This is my first experiment of many in rock and mineral photography. I did use digital camera body, but I used my film camera lenses because the detail is just... better. Here are 4 minerals I photographed today.

1. Yellow/Gold Quartz


2. Amethyst


3. Unidentified


4. Gold


The last two are minerals from my grandfather, but the first two I found at Goodwill. It was a really lucky find! This wooden wall hanging is the perfect place to store them:

Minerals Display

2 comments:

  1. the first one is GORGEOUS! my brother used to collect rocks and crystals. i wonder what happened to it...i would LOVE to get my hands on it! keep rockin these, love them..hehehe sorry that was stupid but couldn't resisit :D
    xo,
    cb

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  2. I love that wall hanging on the end! They look just great displayed like that.

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