Best of Mindat micro photos talk pages

Harjo,
a fantastic group of photos, hard to beat, - well done!
But another suggestion for Rob Meyer:

Some very difficult choices here!

Regards,
Ralph

Harjo,
You need to now also put all of these into our Best Minerals Articles.

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

Rock, they will
Ralf, true, from an Aussie perspective (:P) but.... I think I'll keep Robert's Analcime.

I know I am a bit biased to Australia, also to the colourful lead secondaries, but we could argue such things forever, its still a superb collection and a nice Christmas present to drool over, thanks Harjo.

Regards,
Ralph



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/26/2010 02:05AM by Ralph Bottrill.

Superb selection!

Mineralogical Research Company Wrote:
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> One picture may be worth a thousand words, but it
> doesn't describe the equipment used to capture the
> images. If it were possible, a description of the
> equipment used would be as important to me as the
> images themselves.
>
> Gene

I second that. I mean, technically I would know how to reproduce all images, except one: the Analcime photo by Volker Betz. This one almost looks like a colored SEM-Image. The depth (I don't mean DOF) and clarity are intriguing.

Harry

I wrote down the technical info below most of the photos, some will follow later.

Cheers,

Harjo

Thanks a lot!

Harry

Harjo,

I did my photos with a WILD M420 macroscope, with a Nikon D70 camera, and Helicon Focus for stacking.

Great selection, thank you for including one of my photos!

Fritz

Hello Harald,

the analcime picture is just a normal photo made with helicon focus. Just a unusual combo.

Volker

Harjo,

Thanks for this gallery. It is very enjoyable, and putting it together must have taken some time, since there are so many photographs on Mindat to chose from. It is great to see these selections, based on your excellent knowledge of micro mineral photography, and the consistency of criteria from one knowledgeable person. I was very happy to be included in this group.

For your information, the equipment statement for my photograph would be: Nikon Coolpix 8400; Qioptic/Optem Zoom 125C Optical System consisting of Coupler (25-84-00-02), 1.0X TV Tube (29-90-72), Zoom 125C Zoom Module & Focus (30-61-20 & 30-13-10), and 2.0X Aux Lens (29-20-41); Zerene Stacker.

Bob

Volker Betz Wrote:
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> Hello Harald,
>
> the analcime picture is just a normal photo made
> with helicon focus. Just a unusual combo.
>
> Volker


Volker, I already recognized that and in the same course have browsed your zeolithe images on your website. Very impressive - and it shows once again that one does not need sophisticated equipment to achieve outstanding results. It all boils down to "Know how to use your equipment".
Looking at your set-up, I can see that your lighting is very simple which in the case of the respective analcime image was obviously an advantage. Anyway, very well done.
Cheers

Harry

I added a beautiful new Paulingite photo by Petr Fuchs today!

And I've added a faaaantastic Lanzarote Analcime photo by Stefan Schorn (Mineralienatlas.de)

And today I added a beautiful Kasolite pic by Joy Desor!

I added a beautiful Graphite photo by John Jaszczak today!

And today I added a beautiful Mixite photo by Branco Rieck!
(and replaced Volker's photo with one of his amazingly beautiful recent Chabazite photos, and replaced Vincent's photo with a very special one)

Harjo,

thank you very much for the honor of being selected!

Branko

Today, added a very nice one from one of our Japanese friends.

Added another one from Japan, a beautifully lit Garnet from Ryoji Tanaka.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/2011 10:08PM by Harjo Neutkens.

Hi Harjo,

Thank you very much for adding my photo to your favorite.
My equipment of the photo is CZJ Luminar 25mm/Nikon Multiphot/Nikon D3.

Cheers,