I, Clawdius
When the Romans expanded their Empire into Gaul, they brought back to Rome a number of novel culinary delights. Here, the Emperor Clawdius samples one of his favourites, escargot vivant. Brian is looking a little nervous as he seems to have completely misunderstood the invitation to the banquet - he thought Clawdius was just being friendly. So now it looks like crunch time...
For Macro Mondays theme 'Shell'. As usual, I wanted to try to tell a 'story'. Clawdius is two claws of a small crab, Cancer pagurus, that I had collected from the seashore. I mounted them above a little black dish and was hoping that a snail placed on the lip of the dish would extend its head up towards the claws. And Brian certainly didn't disappoint, although some of his friends preferred to simply crawl around the rim...
Having just seen the brilliant 1977 BBC series I, Claudius, it gave the inspiration for the image.
No escargot were consumed in the making of this photograph.
I, Clawdius
When the Romans expanded their Empire into Gaul, they brought back to Rome a number of novel culinary delights. Here, the Emperor Clawdius samples one of his favourites, escargot vivant. Brian is looking a little nervous as he seems to have completely misunderstood the invitation to the banquet - he thought Clawdius was just being friendly. So now it looks like crunch time...
For Macro Mondays theme 'Shell'. As usual, I wanted to try to tell a 'story'. Clawdius is two claws of a small crab, Cancer pagurus, that I had collected from the seashore. I mounted them above a little black dish and was hoping that a snail placed on the lip of the dish would extend its head up towards the claws. And Brian certainly didn't disappoint, although some of his friends preferred to simply crawl around the rim...
Having just seen the brilliant 1977 BBC series I, Claudius, it gave the inspiration for the image.
No escargot were consumed in the making of this photograph.