Photographing Fluorescent Minerals

Glow Notes - Photography Posts

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Photography

Fluorescent Mineral Photography Studio

While visiting my granddaughter in Florida I had time to revamp my daughter's UV light box. The old one was too small for the large...

Bruce W (by M Cole

Black Display Boxes for Flats

(This is copied from a Facebook post by Bruce W. Black boxes are had to find for our hobby; white boxes destroy fluorescence.): Ever...

M Cole

The "Feldspar Effect" - Is This Really a Fluorescent Mineral?

There is something I call the "feldspar effect". When people first start collecting fluorescent minerals in the field they usually are...

Doug Bank

Another Esperite Photography Tutorial

(Posted March 20, 2017) After a recent recurring discussion on the photography of Esperite, I posted an image I created several years...

M Cole

Catching the Afterglow - Taking Pictures of Phosphorescent Minerals

Many minerals exhibit an “afterglow” when the UV light is turned off. This glow can last for milliseconds or hours depending on the...

M Cole

Photographing Esperite (and other "hard rocks")

Photographing esperite and other difficult fluorescent minerals