I would LOVE to see your collecion!
I post a lot here because I want the community to have content so it stays alive. The reason those minerals look professionally photographed is because they are professionally photographed! I look through collections online and save what I think looks good to share with everyone here. Even more, I have only uploaded the very best images I've found.
If I had known that posting them would have the effect of discouraging others, I never would have done that, so please post your images.
I recommend maybe one post where you can see the whole collection at once, for scale, and after that a closer pic of each one you want to show us. The big pic would be a teaser of things to come. ๐
In the next few days I will post some of my collection that I photograph myself so you can see the difference between what I have at home and what I found online.