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Philippe Durand
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Posted: May 11, 2016 14:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hi Tobi,
Yes, I know the Giazzoto and MIM collections.
They are extraterrestrial.
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Roger Warin
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Posted: May 11, 2016 14:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Fine specimens and pics.
Roger.
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Posted: May 11, 2016 14:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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And do not miss the Gail's collection!
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Tobi
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Posted: May 23, 2016 09:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Smithsonite from Kelly Mine:
Mineral: | Smithsonite |
Locality: | Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA | |
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Posted: May 23, 2016 10:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Sphalerite (var: cleiophane) with quartz from Bulgaria:
Mineral: | Sphalerite (variety cleiophane), Quartz |
Locality: | Krushev dol deposit, Krushev dol Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria | |
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Fiebre Verde
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Posted: May 23, 2016 11:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Very nice contrast between the sphalerite and what seems to be quartz! Gérard
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Posted: May 23, 2016 11:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hi Tobi, the last photo of the Sphalerite is front page material! :-)
Es ist fantastisch! Herzliche Glückwünsche.
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Posted: May 23, 2016 11:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Fiebre Verde wrote: | Very nice contrast between the sphalerite and what seems to be quartz! Gérard | Yes, the matrix consists of tiny grey quartz crystals. I forgot to add this, there's no more edit button, could one of the admins please add quartz to the specimen information?
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Pierre Joubert wrote: | Hi Tobi, the last photo of the Sphalerite is front page material! :-)
Es ist fantastisch! Herzliche Glückwünsche. | Yes, it's one of my better photos, I agree, vielen Dank Pierre :-)
Thanks
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Posted: May 23, 2016 13:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Tobi wrote: | Sphalerite (var: cleiophane) with quartz from Bulgaria: |
No doubt it is one of your best photos, if not the best of all. But if I were you I would try with a black background. No need of repeating the shot, just use your image editor, save first as png to keep jpg from degrading, change the color, and compare.
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Posted: May 24, 2016 15:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Carles Millan wrote: | No doubt it is one of your best photos, if not the best of all. | Thanks :-) Carles Millan wrote: | But if I were you I would try with a black background. | Here it is:
Mineral: | Sphalerite (variety cleiophane), Quartz |
Locality: | Krushev dol deposit, Krushev dol Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria | |
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Fiebre Verde
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Posted: May 24, 2016 15:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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aha!!!!
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Carles Millan
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Posted: May 24, 2016 15:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Much better!
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Tobi
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Posted: May 29, 2016 09:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Carles Millan wrote: | Much better! | Hm, not sure, I prefer the one with the white background.
Gérard asked me (on the mineralogical trip through the U.S, New Mexico thread) to do the same with the blue smithsonite Fiebre Verde wrote: | You should maybe try a black background with your nice smithsonite, like the fantastic job you did with the sphalerite. | Here we go, but this time I like the black background version better, thanks for the idea, Gérard :-)
Mineral: | Smithsonite |
Locality: | Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA | |
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Philippe Durand
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Posted: May 29, 2016 12:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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I love the sphalerite, I hope that I will catch one soon.
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Fiebre Verde
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Posted: May 29, 2016 13:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Tobi wrote: | Carles Millan wrote: | Much better! | Hm, not sure, I prefer the one with the white background.
Gérard asked me (on the mineralogical trip through the U.S, New Mexico thread) to do the same with the blue smithsonite Fiebre Verde wrote: | You should maybe try a black background with your nice smithsonite, like the fantastic job you did with the sphalerite. | Here we go, but this time I like the black background version better, thanks for the idea, Gérard :-) |
There is no point in discussing taste and colors but I find that the black background does more justice to your smithsonite. Well done!
Gérard
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Posted: May 30, 2016 02:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Fiebre Verde wrote: | There is no point in discussing taste and colors but I find that the black background does more justice to your smithsonite. Well done! Gérard | Sure, it is often a matter of taste which background matches a specimen better. But like I said, concerning the smithsonite I agree that the black version looks better. Or, to use your objective term, it does more justice to the specimen.
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Posted: Aug 22, 2016 10:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Concerning the Kelly Mine smithsonite above: We talked about black or white background, but I think the most beautiful (maybe not the best in terms of quality) photo of a specimen is always one from the collector's cabinet:
Mineral: | Smithsonite |
Locality: | Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA | |
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Carles Millan
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Posted: Aug 22, 2016 11:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Tobi wrote: | Concerning the Kelly Mine smithsonite above: We talked about black or white background, but I think the most beautiful (maybe not the best in terms of quality) photo of a specimen is always one from the collector's cabinet: |
I still think black background was better. Just my taste.
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 22, 2016 11:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Carles Millan wrote: | Tobi wrote: | Concerning the Kelly Mine smithsonite above: We talked about black or white background, but I think the most beautiful (maybe not the best in terms of quality) photo of a specimen is always one from the collector's cabinet: | I still think black background was better. Just my taste. | That's more than ok. From an objective point of view, the one with the black background is for sure the best photo, most others would agree with you. As the collector who owns and "loves" this specimen, the photo from the display cabinet is more appealing to me, nevertheless I know that this photo hasn't the best quality. It's just a subjective thing ;-)
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