AngryEric Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 here are some pictures of most of my current collection..... i need some help with the photography i know its going to be hard, but help with identification/classification would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryEric Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 a few more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Auspex Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 The fossils I can see well enough are corals (a couple are "horn corals). Nice points, too! See whether the camera has a "macro" setting; it will allow sharp focus within a much closer range. Also, use the brightest light you can. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 here are some pictures of most of my current collection.....i need some help with the photography i know its going to be hard, but help with identification/classification would be appreciated I'd agree with Auspex on the coral ID's, pics 1, 4 and 5 in your first post look identical to corals I have seen from Morocco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryEric Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 I'd agree with Auspex on the coral ID's, pics 1, 4 and 5 in your first post look identical to corals I have seen from Morocco 1 and 5 are the same piece, sorry do you know what they are called by chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Nice corals, without a better pic it might be a little hard to be more specific. Nice points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Pics 1, 4 and 5 look like a colonial coral called "Hexagonaria" maybe? Devonian in age. Pic 2 is very blurry but maybe a coral called "Halysites" which is Silurian Pics 6 and 11 look like a horn coral Pics 8 and 9 are Arrowheads Pic 10 looks like a brachiopod maybe? Try the "macro" setting on your camera (mine looks like a little flower) like Auspex said and see if you get better close ups. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 1 and 5 are the same piece, sorrydo you know what they are called by chance? no sorry I don't, RJB might though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 One would need to know the area in which they were found, or the age of the rocks from which they came, for a more specific ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryEric Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 One would need to know the area in which they were found, or the age of the rocks from which they came, for a more specific ID. Everything was found in SE Wisconsin, within 20 miles of lake Michigan, near the Illinois border everything was found in cornfields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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