catfish

Pretty neat.

No picture, but I did hear a somewhat funny animal joke.

Two baby seals walk into a club................................

I bet they are sweet................!!!!

Pics?

The "Stalker Steph" is funny as hell. Go get 'em Steph!!!

Oooppppssss...........!

Very nice groups!

Spot metering, on my camera at least, isn't just a tiny spot. Unless it's a very large marble, the spot includes the whole marble. That way, the camera ignores the rest of the background.

-that would be center weighted on my camera, spot on mine is very tiny. I see our difference there.

The shutter speed may have to be adjusted a little, depending on the size and color of the marble. I usually leave the aperture setting at about 5.6.

I wouldn't use flash when taking pictures of marbles.

-I have had very good results with a point and shoot, but I do agree it's not ideal. Having said that though, the flash highlight is no bigger than what u see in your avatar photos. To each their own. I like to use two lens mounted flash heads on my macro lens when I do single marble photos and off camera flash for groups.

Spot metering can be tricky however, depending on the color value you spot meter. For instance, if you let the camera do the "thinking" and spot meter something black then the whole photo will be overexposed as the camera is trying to make the black grey. U would have to set the camera to underexposed by a couple full stops in that instance. I would go to the local library and see if they have the book titled "Umderstanding Eposure". It's a really basic intro into understanding camera settings, what they do, and what times to use different settings. I have had really good results with point and shoot cameras ans just using the macro setting, flash, and then staying back from the marble a bit and using the optical zoom (not digital zoom), then cropping the photo in an editor of your choice.

Nice group Galen. I always enjoy finding those in the wild. Few and far between, but exciting!

Congrats BJ!

Awesome! I love old signs. Good find Duffy.

Nice! What is the size?

Several years ago a collector gave me a damaged GR because I didn't have one and couldn't afford a nice one. I'm still looking for just the right one for my Peltier collection, but when I find it, I'll give the damaged one to a new collector who doesn't have one yet. That's how new friendships happen.... right Catfish? So go ahead and get it if you can, then down the road make a new friend. Bob

Yep!!!

My worlds fair tray collection is split exactly 50/50.

Mike Barton made these-

Nice! My favorite contemp artist! I have some as well. The man behind the glass is one heck of a guy!

Wow! Now thats a pile-o-slags!

I agree, not super rare. I would post photos of mine, but its so hard to get the aventurine to show up in the photo.

This one wanted to have two turkeys.....close. Maybe its one of those Ninja throwing stars.

Still one of my favorites.

Early michaelangelos, not the current variety, Sunbursts are also a good find but the most collectible are the handmade Atmospheres

Agreed! I had forgotten about the atmoshperes. Some of them are very nice!

Very nice!

take it to canton, it might end up in morphys next auction

LOL, awesome.....

Oh my, very nice!

Merry Christmas folks!

Made in Japan....hmmm. Neat bag Al!