I know this has flaws. Bear with me. It’s just too cool to not share…well the photo is anyway.
I randomly found this rock in the gravel in my landscaping. A tiny geode about 1 inch across. Looks like a little monster mouth. The crystals are that color - I even gave it a rinse under the tap to remove any grit that I could without actually scrubbing. Alas I can’t shoot it again because my UPS driver moved the rock when she put some boxes down. I had it on the porch to reshoot since I missed some of the closest rock surfaces in this stack of 28. Bah. She even helped me look and felt really bad, but it’s gone unless I want to sift through a metric ton of landscaping gravel.
Anyway…I know I missed some focus areas, but I think the important parts are clear - down into that little crevice where the crystals grow. It’s using natural light which was a little tough to make sure it got all the way down. I’d planned to use some artificial light on the next try, but well…anyone want to come help me look?
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Well…this isn’t a crop, and I’ve doctored it as much as I can so…what else can I do?
Technical Details
Is this a composite: No
Lumix G9
Leica 45mm f/2.8 lens
f/5.6 | 1/320 sec | ISO 200
Tripod
28 shot stack out of Zerene - DMap. Re-processed in Lr with a couple of gradient filters to reduce the saturation and exposure on the red rock surface.