"Treasures from the deep" Explore #278

"But only worth buttons"

 

"Seashells"

Oceans so deep, so blue

what treasures have you?

shiny shells iridescent gleam

sparkling colours of emerald green, when washed ashore it's shells galore, "Oh' shiny gleam where have thy been my beautiful ocean dream."

 

Original poetry by Sean.

 

 

I discovered these little shiny pearly iridescent shell buttons in my mothers sewing box and thought "ah ha!" those might look nice for "Macro Mondays" this week with a challenge topic of Buttons.

 

These little buttons were photographed inside a Abalone shell I have, so back to the beginning maybe, I partially filled the shell with water to hopefully enhance the marine theme.

 

These buttons have a nobel opalescent sheen and usually cut from freshwater mollusc shells, there once was a time probably a century ago where 37% of the world's buttons came from freshwater shells from the Mississippi river, Iowa, USA.

 

This macro image is under 2 inches x 2 inches overall, so way under the required measurements.

Done