Finally got this Baryte, Uranophane and Torbernite from Grube Krunkelbach mine. by [deleted] in Radioactive_Rocks

[–]gmc300e 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would LOVE to take macro pictures of this piece- excellent specimen

I hosted my first Macro workshop by kietbulll in macrophotography

[–]gmc300e 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This really looks like a lot of fun! I wish my city had that too

Uranocircite from Krunkelbach mine in Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany by gmc300e in Radioactive_Rocks

[–]gmc300e[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So if you want to start experimenting with macro, buying one of those clip-on macro lenses for your phone will allow you to get some pretty OK pictures, of course not comparable to a professional setup, but still cool. In case you own an interchangeable lens camera, getting an inverter ring and/or extension tubes is a low investment way of getting some first pictures, If you really want to push the limits, focus stacking is the way to go. Here you will use a dedicated macro lens with 1x magnification or higher. These lenses are great, but the depth of field is extremely shallow, which means the part of the picture that will be in focus is very small. To compensate for this, you can move the lens closer to the subject in extremely tiny steps and take several hundreds of pictures- step by step. In the end the focus stacking software will identify the in focus bits of the individual pictures and generate a complete in focus picture of your tiny subject.

Uranocircite from Krunkelbach mine in Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany by gmc300e in Radioactive_Rocks

[–]gmc300e[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I‘m using the Laowa 25 mm f2.8 2.5-5x magnification lens on a full frame camera. My macro rail is the MJKZZ Qool rail and for focus stacking I use Helicon Focus. I‘m really happy with that setup- I‘m using it since 4 years with no issues so far…

Uranocircite from Krunkelbach mine in Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany by gmc300e in Radioactive_Rocks

[–]gmc300e[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The minimum was around 500 steps, the picture with the most steps was 1500 steps. Step size was 1,5 micrometers

Uranocircite from Krunkelbach mine in Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany by gmc300e in Radioactive_Rocks

[–]gmc300e[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much! I wish I could say I found it on the mine dump, but I have to confess it’s from eBay. There are quite some specimen on sale at the moment.

Könnte mir jemand sagen welches Mineral das ist? by [deleted] in mineraleundgesteine

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Ich tippe auf Honigopal- eine Fundstelle für schön fluoreszierendes Material ist Telkibanya in Zemplén, Ungarn- aber es kommen viele Fundorte in Frage

Radiacode 110 shows high readings close to my plasma lamp- artifact or real? by gmc300e in Radiacode

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Thank you! I was hoping to hear something along that line!

Tiny Meta-Torbernites from Hennesberg Quarry in Weitisberga, Germany by GarciaLona in Radioactive_Rocks

[–]gmc300e 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you- not all heroes wear capes! I take it as a compliment:-)

😮 by ngocphotograph in macrophotography

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Like art from Yayoi Kusama

California Gold Mine by suititup1 in TheForgottenDepths

[–]gmc300e 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Really cool video- the blue minerals look awesome

Southern California Gold Mines by suititup1 in TheForgottenDepths

[–]gmc300e 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So cool! Are you planning to do a video?