FossilForKids Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Working with a microscope, camera and amber has become addicting to me. Since I am literally placing the canera through the eye hole the photos aren't as detailed as the expensive microscopes with the camera attachment. But is was definitely good enough for me! If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilForKids Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 The star of my new amber show! The amber in this photo came from a batch of cracked and not well defined pieces. The person who gave it to me had no idea at the quality of this bug. If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Beautiful amber Fossil, I get mine from a guy from the museum after he's done studying the bugs in them. (I can better rest assured they aren't fakes that way) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron E. Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Working with a microscope, camera and amber has become addicting to me. Since I am literally placing the canera through the eye hole the photos aren't as detailed as the expensive microscopes with the camera attachment. But is was definitely good enough for me! Here's mine. Congrats on your new discoveries! And keep posting them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I have got to get a digital microscope with a light stage! This is the only piece in my collection that I have any picture of (and it's a pretty bad picture...): Dominican Republic, Oligocene "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...
siteseer Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Working with a microscope, camera and amber has become addicting to me. Since I am literally placing the canera through the eye hole the photos aren't as detailed as the expensive microscopes with the camera attachment. But is was definitely good enough for me! Yeah, amber is cool. It is the matrix that is also a fossil which allows you to see a complete animal. You don't want to dig it out. If you haven't already, you should pick up one or two of the books on amber fossils. I would recommend "Life in Amber" by George O. Poinar (one of the leading authorities on insects). It has great photography. There is a German book on Baltic amber (forgot the name but it has great photos) and a French one on amber fossils in general ("L'Ambre: La Miel de Fortune et Memoire de la Vie" - great photos as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicranurus Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Nice bugs! I would also like to recommend Poinar's "Amber forest". Here is a couple pics of my amber collection. These are from Baltic region and Dominician republic. I have more pics on website on Flickr. "It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living." -Sir David Attenborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Just some of my amber collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I am enjoying this...but why am I feeling itchy? Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 These collections are first rate. Nothing like getting to see this world. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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