Some random macro shots of crystal surfaces

[Nano]

I was bored today and wanting to shoot, but all day it rained here in vancouver. So i pulled out some of my crystals, including celestiate , smokey quartz, botroydal tourmaline.
So i was shooting today without a flash and playing around with diffusing the light, or leaving the shutter open for a longer period of time to bring up the light.

Let me know your thoughts, feel free to critique i know these shots are no where near the quality of what some of you are posting, but am eager to learn.


Nano

[Nano]

not sure how to load more than one image into a post. but i will just reply with the next photo.

nano

[Nano]

and another

[Nano]

a shot of celestiate same as the previous one

[Nano]

a quartz with some type of rust or metal .

[Nano]

some cats eye tourmaline

[Lord Vetinari]

Like #2 and #4 where the lighting looks good, the others seem to lack impact possibly because of lighting. I've never tried photographing crystal forms like this so I don't know the difficulties involved.

Brian V.

[Skippy]

I was bored today and wanting to shoot, but all day it rained here in vancouver. So i pulled out some of my crystals, including celestiate , smokey quartz, botroydal tourmaline.
So i was shooting today without a flash and playing around with diffusing the light, or leaving the shutter open for a longer period of time to bring up the light.

Let me know your thoughts, feel free to critique i know these shots are no where near the quality of what some of you are posting, but am eager to learn.

Nano

Hi Nano, the way you added your images to the same thread is the right way to do it when your using the "attachment" method :clap

I used to collect Fossils and Crystals too, I still have a very small collection.
I have not tried to shoot them like you have either.

They look quite different close, especially when you can see more detail.

Thanks for sharing :thumb .... Skippy :D
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[Skippy]

not sure how to load more than one image into a post. but i will just reply with the next photo.

nano

That's exactly how you add more shots :thumb .... Skippy :D
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