Back To Making Big ones

[bobby1]

I had hoped to have this one finished for my case so I could show it last weekend at the Roseville show. Unfortunately, I didn't get it finished in time. I will have it in my case at the CFMS show next month.
It is Amethyst Sage Agate without any Amethyst colors. It is 5" across.
Bob

[Taogem]

Beautiful and wonderful dendritics. Nice and I think a bit unusual white color for Amethyst Saga?

[Bluesssman]

That is a great stone, Bob!!!

[rocknroll]

...wow!   nice one.....that's huge!

[CosmicFolklore]

Very nice, and great photograph.  Do you have a permanent photo set-up, where you can keep making consistently great photos like this?  Or, do you have to reset the lighting up each time?

[bobby1]

I have a rather simple setup. It is two photo reflectors. The one on the right has a 250 Watt blue photoflood bulb  BCA 250w 4800 deg K., the one on the left has a 26 Watt/ELS-m 5000 deg K spiral flourescent lamp. The background material is plain white copy paper.

I made a small gizmo out of plastic parts from a local plastics store. The top disk has clear double stick Scotch tape to hold the cabs. It holds the cab off the surface so that I get better light from the rear and it keeps the background from adding distractions.

A side view.

The lights turned on.

My camera is a Canon EOS Rebel XT with a zoom lens EF-S 18-55mm
I hand hold the camera at about 8" away from the cab, let the camera do its autofocus and snap the photo.
I download the photos into my computer using the Windows Photo Gallery, do some exposure corrections and crop the distractions out of the picture. I then load them into Photobucket, resize to 17" screen and post them. So far this has worked OK for me. I'm not a very sophisticated picture taker, though.
Bob

[CosmicFolklore]

Thanks, very nice )
I tend to either get a glaring reflection and when I try filters, the color gets all muddy.  I may just need to play with my lighting.

[The Polished Pebble]

Beautiful cab & nice pic setup. So much for clic & go.

Connie

[rocknut]

Nice looking cab. and  thank you for the light source/photo stand tip.