BobWill Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Has anyone else noticed that almost every time a picture of an ammonite is posted it is upside down or at least not with the body chamber at the bottom? Maybe the assumption is that the body chamber is usually missing but even at that how do we know how much of the rest is gone as well? Yeah, I know how irrelevant this is and I shouldn't let it bother me, I guess I should seek help for this condition. Maybe it's just more aestheticly pleasing with the flotation chambers below. Here I go over-analyzing again, help! somebody please stop me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Someone please stop this man. But, you do make a good point. I think its an aesthetic thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I wouldnt worry about it Bob... I dont and Im surrounded by them... 'litterally'.. lol Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 :D Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Roger... lol... Heres one you can smile and frown at, at the same time... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Ludwigia! Stop that! All the blood will run to your head! Anyway, thanks everyone, I feel much better now You see Doc, it all started when I noticed an upside-down hamites in a text book of all places. Now I realize the people who assemble books for the printers are often not the authors and someone just thought it looked like a seahorse, so...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old dead things Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 It's just a condition we have to live with. I'm the same way when a Green River fish gets posted upside down, drives me to bang my head on the desk........might have to get a new desk......head will never get fixed and/or replaced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaeopix Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I'd never really thought about the correct orientation of the living chamber until you mentioned it here! I tend to favour the aesthetics and composition of the end photograph over the correct orientation, but that's just my preference. If I were submitting a photograph for publication in a scholarly journal I would be sure the specimen was oriented properly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I think it depends on how the specimen had to be prepped. If you want some matrix left as a stand, and the only possible/feasible place to leave some, is as in Ludwigia's post, it looks wrong to have the matrix at the top of a photo'. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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