DeepTimeIsotopes Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 16 hours ago, RJB said: Im not really a hash plate kinda guy but there is some really nice stuff here! What amazes me is the photography. when I try to take a close up, it just turns blurry. Maybe I need a new and different camera? RB See if your camera has a "macro" setting. Enabling this will allow closer pics. But if you're lazy like I am, put a jeweler's loupe, magnifying glass, or decent strength reading glasses in front of a phone's camera and move your phone closer. Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paciphacops Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 7 hours ago, Wrangellian said: What could those things be on the Cambrian peice? Trilobits? Something else? Almost everything on the plate are trilobite bits. The dark objects are ostracods. "Don't force it, just use a bigger hammer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Several species of graptolite in shale, preserved in pyrite. Lower Silurian, Skelghyll, Cumbria. 3 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 3 hours ago, minnbuckeye said: Actually all 3 are fabulous! Thanks, glad you like! Patty "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 On 11/24/2018 at 2:00 PM, JohnBrewer said: That really is a cracker @Herb ! Leptaena? Yes, it is Leptaena richmondensis 1 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 13 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Several species of graptolite in shale, preserved in pyrite. Lower Silurian, Skelghyll, Cumbria. I didn't even know graptolites could be preserved with pyrite. That's pretty cool! Is it from Cumbria, U.K? 1 Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 21 hours ago, UtahFossilHunter said: See if your camera has a "macro" setting. Enabling this will allow closer pics. But if you're lazy like I am, put a jeweler's loupe, magnifying glass, or decent strength reading glasses in front of a phone's camera and move your phone closer. Thanks man. and actually I have tried to use a magnifying lense but was a bit difficult for me. I do have a smart phone now and I didnt even think about trying that? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 20 minutes ago, RJB said: Thanks man. and actually I have tried to use a magnifying lense but was a bit difficult for me. I do have a smart phone now and I didnt even think about trying that? RB Hi Ron i am using a smartphone to take photos and with a cheep clip on Lens. The Lens are very cheep under $20 it does take practice but I think I got some great images out of the combination. I did a post with some tips to help members with the clip on lens. If you’re interested please have a look at this thread . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 7 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: i am using a smartphone to take photos and with a cheep clip on Lens. The Lens are very cheep under $20 it does take practice but I think I got some great images out of the combination. I did a post with some tips to help members with the clip on lens. If you’re interested please have a look at this thread . Wow! this is great. thanks a ton. Im going to order one right now. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 44 minutes ago, RJB said: Wow! this is great. thanks a ton. Im going to order one right now. RB It does take a bit of practice but once you got it down it is plane sailing from then on. Cheers Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 11 hours ago, UtahFossilHunter said: I didn't even know graptolites could be preserved with pyrite. That's pretty cool! Is it from Cumbria, U.K? Yup, Skelghyl, or Skellgill, Nr. Ambleside Cumbria. 4 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Silurian: 6 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paciphacops Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 I was outside this morning digging through leaves to check on some hash plates left out to clean up naturally, and found this nice plate from the lower Lebanon Limestone (Ordovician) found a few months ago in Rutherford County, Tennessee. I also wanted to see if I could get some really sharp photos under the size limit using Photoshop and a sharp manual macro lens. I am very pleased with the result! First image is just using my phone camera. 7 "Don't force it, just use a bigger hammer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Here are a couple of mine- First up hash plates from the Ordovician of Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Brachiopods / Bryozoan / Trilo-bits: Crinoid plates / Trilo-bits and Bryozoan: 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Mississippian plate from Anna, Illinois- Crinoid Plates / Bryozoan: 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paciphacops Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Sharper version of Lebanon limestone plate, upper section. 5 "Don't force it, just use a bigger hammer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paciphacops Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 And lower section. 8 "Don't force it, just use a bigger hammer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 @Nimravis Ralph, those are lovely hashes, the amount of crinoid bits in some of those is astounding and I love all the species of bryozoa in the Mississipian one! @Paciphacops Love the close ups, some super brachiopods in there! And your avatar looks like Tidgy wearing a fez. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 That is some nice stuff Y'all is posting! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 I don't know how I missed this thread but some very interesting pieces have been posted. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 @JohnBrewer another beautiful hash plate John. Warn’s nest? @Paciphacops absolutely stunning specimens and the same to @Nimravis really packed full of fossil goodness. Thank you all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Just got these from the One and Only @Rocky StonerThanks also to Mighty Mike @minnbuckeye Middle Devonian, Mahantango Formation from West Virginia. Mainly different species of gorgeous fenestellid bryozoans but some bits of crionoid stem and brachiopods too! 7 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Nice bryozoans and spirifers, Adam. 1 "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 37 minutes ago, Innocentx said: Nice bryozoans and spirifers, Adam. Thanks! But looking at this, there may even be part of an echinoid near the top left! Hmm I'll have to have a closer look. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrguy54 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 This is from SW Ohio. About 3" by 4". There's a lot going on...bryozoans, flexicalymene faces and a hypostome, bi-valves, gastropods 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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