Mineral Mondays #84 - Mineral Photography

The more minerals my wife & I take pictures of the more I realize what an art form it is. This Coyamito agate kind of looks like a strawberry.

Coyamito Agate - Mexico

It takes not only a good photographer to set the lighting, but also to have the eye to capture the mineral specimen in it's best, most attractive position. I know this is a theme throughout photography, but until you actually try to practice it you can't appreciate how difficult it is.

Quartz Scepter - Pakistan.

Some rocks just don't want to be shown in a good light and so you just take what you can get.

Hemimorphite - Arizona

Others are natural born killers and look good from almost any angle, especially gold!

Gold - Arizona

Kokoweef Cave Onyx - California

Smokey Quartz & Amazonite - Colorado

Fluorite & Galena - New Mexico

Brochantite - New Mexico

That's gonna do it for this Mineral Mondays. See ya next time.

Thanks for reading!

All pictures taken with our Canon EOS M50