I like the blue color in contrast to the rocks, well done!

Thanks

Personally I would crop out the plasticine as it is a little distracting being bright green. Nice crystal though, what does it look like with a bit of light shining through from the back?

beautiful

There is all so an other way instead of crop (cropping will loose the lowest part of the crystal & it would look "ugly".
Set your light metering to "spot" (so your camera gets light only from the crystal).
That way you increase the shutter speed & the background gets all black.
Lean you crystal with the following way...
Use a toothpick & 2 small pieces of your adhesive tack & place them "behind" the crystal.

Ummm, Ray? That IS with light shining from the back. Thanks for the tip, Karaflazz. Very useful. I'll give it a try.

You need to view the high res to appreciate this one. Nice DOF on the crystals, I can't help but think a slightly stronger source of light would have helped to add more depth and shine to the subject though.

More light and DOF would have been better.

Well I would love for you to explain the light deal to me but I have NO equipment so even if you did I wouldn't know how to get what you are explaining... probably gonna PM you anyway and see just to learn for future reference.
friiskiwi, on the DOF do you mean on the front or in the back? I didn't want to lose anymore of the crystals in the middle but maybe if you explained more to me how you see this picture I can learn more about that.

oh wait... ya'll mean that to give the INSIDE of the rock more depth right? I was thinking the outside but then I thought it would take away from the crystals... the INSIDE DOF makes more since or is it sense... I can't ever remember and I'm NOT googling it!

Love the crystals in high res..