There are some beautiful large benthic forams, check them out!
And some cute little corals!
And an echinoid!
One of the big problems we are encountering is this stupid fence on the roadcuts (good for safety, but tough for geology)!
My friend Kathleen Ritterbush gave me some great photography advice that has really helped us out this week! I thought I would share it here, in case it will help any other field geologists. Kathleen told me to get a Collapsible Light Reflector, like this one:
This portable piece of photography equipment is awesome, because you can direct light towards a shaded fossil, or block the light if you need your shot to be shaded. With the fence over the roadcuts, the shading disks are a lifesaver! So you can make a shot go from this...
To this...
I am also loving my new camera! It is a Canon Rebel SL1.
It is a digital SLR from Canon (so most of the new (EF) lenses fit on it) but it is as light as a point and shoot (body is 13oz)! While it isn't as rugged as some of the bombproof camera (this is mine, it is also great in the rain/dust/getting dropped/ underwater) it takes amazing photos and is WAY cheaper than a top-tier DSLR. You can compare the specs with a higher end camera like the awesome EOS 6D here. Obviously the 6D is better, but for the money (Sl1 body and standard lenses is about $600 vs $2000) and for the weight (13oz vs 24oz), I like this little Rebel a lot!
TL;DR: Canon Rebel SL1 takes wonderful photos and is light enough to be a field camera, but it isn't "rugged".
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