I only use my cell phone, would love to purchase a camera with a good macro.
The trick to taking pictures with your cell phone camera is using a dark background, the phone camera is "too smart" in it's White Balance feature. It tries to over compensate if you use a white background, and ends up making the marbles look really dark in my opinion.
You also have to figure out a good lighting situation for your phone. I prefer using the flash with a bright background light (specifically a Maglite flashlight for me )
I took these with cell phone camera.
Hello, sorry for your loss.
Lots of knowledgeable and helpful people here, you're in the right place
My photos are usually too large as well, I open them in paint and resize them, down to about 50 (both horizontal and vertical), hope that helps.
That is a FANTASTIC corkscrew.
I imagine I would have been a terrible player in the 30s-50s, none of mine would go in the ring
And just out of curiosity, were you that red headed kid with freckles ?
And I agree about the orange Spirals being harder to find. I just saw one on eBay where the clear base glass lit up under a black light. Can't wait to get home and try this one.
I really like the base on the yellow. It's a moss agate/moonie type base with just a touch of blue in it, giving it an almost smokey look. I have an Orange one like it at the house, I'm going to try a comparison photo later.
If someone knows a specific name for that base, I'd love to know it