Orlando S. Olivieri
Quartz - Treppio
Explore 13/09/18
Quartz with bituminous and petroleum inclusions
25 x 20 mm
Treppio, Sambuca Pistoiese, Pistoia, Toscana, Italy
Marco Bertolani Collection
I'm not used to post mineral photos on my flickr account, for this sort of photos I prefere to use my mindat profile
( www.mindat.org/gallery-48279.html ) but I really love this one. I think it is one of my best mineral shot I've taken until now so I'd like to share it with all of you.
Taking photos to complicated objects as minerals in a studio is a true challenge for a photographer, especially when they're very transparent and gemmy as this one.
You have to play with the artificial lights to get the reflections you want on the crystal faces but being careful to dull the lights so you don't get too strong reflections.
You also have to master the focus stacking technique sometimes taking more than 50 photos in a row to the same crystal!
In the end, at least for my experience, you have to play with Photoshop to make a nice background and a realistic reflection which is a huge part of the job, sometimes taking hours and hours of work.
Quartz - Treppio
Explore 13/09/18
Quartz with bituminous and petroleum inclusions
25 x 20 mm
Treppio, Sambuca Pistoiese, Pistoia, Toscana, Italy
Marco Bertolani Collection
I'm not used to post mineral photos on my flickr account, for this sort of photos I prefere to use my mindat profile
( www.mindat.org/gallery-48279.html ) but I really love this one. I think it is one of my best mineral shot I've taken until now so I'd like to share it with all of you.
Taking photos to complicated objects as minerals in a studio is a true challenge for a photographer, especially when they're very transparent and gemmy as this one.
You have to play with the artificial lights to get the reflections you want on the crystal faces but being careful to dull the lights so you don't get too strong reflections.
You also have to master the focus stacking technique sometimes taking more than 50 photos in a row to the same crystal!
In the end, at least for my experience, you have to play with Photoshop to make a nice background and a realistic reflection which is a huge part of the job, sometimes taking hours and hours of work.