Mineral Macrophotography

[BurntBear]

I wanted to share my ongoing hobby of taking photos of minerals under magnification. There will be many more photos to come. Thanks for looking! -Luke

Aragonite F.O.V. = 20mm



Marcasite on Fluorite F.O.V. = 6mm-20mm



Chrysocolla & Calcite F.O.V. = 10mm-12mm



Smoky Quartz & Muscovite Mica F.O.V. = 20mm



Clusters of Smoky Quartz & Muscovite Mica F.O.V. = 20mm



Schorl Tourmaline & Quartz F.O.V. = 20mm

 

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[Las Vegas Bob]

Very nice work for some reason my Canon rebel EOS will not take even a simple close up shot even when it is set n close up.

 

[shaman15771]

My question Luke, is how is it done? Special camera?

 

[DDancer]

Though I've looked at many pictures and even put materials under a microscope I never got much into micro mounts. There are a fair few people who do enjoy the hobby however if you look about on the net. Some of the most perfect crystals can only be seen in micro mounts. I feel it takes a special appreciation to collect them in this hobby
Thanks

shaman, it does not really take special equipment anymore like it did prior to digital imaging. There are plenty of products out now that are tied to microscopes or just plain cell phones that can capture micro mounts.

 

[BurntBear]

This is actually very simple in most respects. I'm using a Kodak HD Zi8 pocket video camera of all things. I hold the loupe in place over my lens with a hair tie, lol.
A camera with a small lens is the key. It has to fit inside the loupe lens. Here is a photo of mine:




Thanks for the kind words!

 

[Las Vegas Bob]

This is actually very simple in most respects. I'm using a Kodak HD Zi8 pocket video camera of all things. I hold the loupe in place over my lens with a hair tie, lol.
A camera with a small lens is the key. It has to fit inside the loupe lens. Here is a photo of mine:

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Thanks for the kind words!

Oh to funny what a great idea you came up with.

 

[BurntBear]

See, there are some benefits to having long hair, lol.

 

[BIGSCOTT]

there is somebody on tnet that took a lense from a led light and holds it in place with a paper clip over the lense of his smartphone, and it did really well

 

[Eu_citzen]

Raynox has some "clip-on" lenses for magnification to. Those are superb.

 

[gollum]

Try This:

Cell Phone Magnifying Lens

Mike

 

[605dano]

I love taking macro pictures of rocks. I have a digital point and shoot panasonic camera with a macro feature. The biggest challenge for me is good light and the fact that the closer you focus the harder it is for getting depth. It's easy to focus on a flat surface but if you focus on the tip of a crystal the base is out of focus. I see things that I miss even with a loupe on the pics. Way cool.