Photographing Minerals, Fossils, & Lapidary Materials

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Shows amateur and professional photographers techniques for photographing mineral, lapidary, and fossil specimens, illustrated with color and b&w photos. After an explanation of the basic concepts and equipment of photography, including medium and large formats, chapters detail techniques for photographing transparent and opaque materials, with advice on lighting techniques, filters, photomicrography, stereophotography, fluorescence, location photography, and slide presentations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.