[bmah]

I haven't advertised it on this site, but I have a hobby of photographing my rock & mineral collection, which is entirely macro photography.
So far, all of the pictures were taken with a relatively simple point-and-click digital camera, the Olympus StylusTough-3000 (known more for being drop-resistant than quality images lol). I've very recently acquired a DSLR and macro lens, and am extremely new to it, but hopefully I can utilize that for future photography. I have yet to take any DSLR images of my collection.
For the current images, I've used the Olympus camera with one of those flexible "gorilla pods" for a range of angles. Normally, focus stacking is the way to go for the best images, but since I didn't take these pics with an SLR or a focus rail, that's really hard to achieve. So I've tried my best, but don't be surprised at the lack of depth for some images. In addition, I've adjusted the exposure and color for some images, as quite often you won't achieve an accurate representation of the mineral's color with the initial shot.

Hope you enjoy the images.

I have more photos on my deviantart page here (including non mineral-related images): http://bmah.deviantart.com/gallery/