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Challenge: Something Old IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D
Location: Rock found in Utah, photographed in Vermont
Date: Jan 10, 2015
Aperture: 14.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8
Galleries: Macro, Insects, etc
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2015

 Trilobite, now about 500 million years old. It lived in the Cretaceous period, even before fishes existed. It is a fossil, embedded in a dark rock found in the Utah desert. Needed macro lens since this one is only about 1/2 inch long. On the other side of the rock are several that are about 2 mm long. The rock is black to grey, but the fossil has shades of brown. Used a tungsten lamp to bring out the color. Set it to graze across the rock to bring out texture, then added a reflector a couple of feet away to soften the shadows.


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01/18/2015 11:54:01 PM
Has to be the oldest. One of my ribbon choices.
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 01/17/2015 01:15:10 PM
Not too sure what a trilobite is, but it sure looks very old. Good picture of it too
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