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30-MAR-2006

RECEPTACULITE FOSSIL.1.jpg

An Ordovician Receptaculite (ree-sep-TACK-u-lite) fossil. Found just off a hiking trail on "Molly's Knob", in Hungry Mother State Park, near Marion, Virginia. Nikon SB-800 flash unit used with bounce and diffusion dome.

Nikon D200
1/60s f/13.0 at 105.0mm iso200 with Flash hide exif
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Date/Time30-Mar-2006 21:26:18
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D200
Flash UsedYes
Focal Length105 mm
Exposure Time1/60 sec
Aperturef/13
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias0.33
White Balance (4)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Bill McClung21-Apr-2006 03:13
No high tech stuff here.....just a lot of luck and a good flash unit! This set-up was about as simple as you can get. The background is a medium weight napped fabric (which absorbs light), draped over a kitchen stool frame. The stool was sitting on a ping-pong table and the fossil was standing up against the fabric. I used a single camera-mounted SB-800 with the diffusion dome attached to provide bounce light off my ceiling (at a 60 degree angle). The only other illumination was provided by an overhead florescent light fixture.