The Things We Do for Love
Brian is really going all out to impress his intended mate!
The title for the image is taken from a track by 10cc from their 1976 Deceptive Bends album. I came to hate this song as my flatmate at the time got a new boyfriend and they were totally loved up and played this song constantly - in my perpetual single state I found this extremely annoying.
For Macro Mondays theme 'Amore'. A Phalaenopsis orchid leaf was sturdy enough to take the weight of two little snails. A few tiny flowers from a small hebe plant just starting to bloom in my garden were harmlessly Blu Tacked to the shell of Brian.
Despite needing to work with two snails, this was a surprisingly straightforward photoshoot. Much of getting a successful snail shot relies on an understanding of what a snail will do given a certain circumstance. I know from experience that if I can't get a snail to do what I want, it is probably because I haven't set things up to suit them. For this image, I placed the smaller snail at the end of the leaf, knowing its natural behaviour would be to look down; I could then concentrate on getting Brian positioned hanging off the leaf with his bouquet of flowers.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.
The Things We Do for Love
Brian is really going all out to impress his intended mate!
The title for the image is taken from a track by 10cc from their 1976 Deceptive Bends album. I came to hate this song as my flatmate at the time got a new boyfriend and they were totally loved up and played this song constantly - in my perpetual single state I found this extremely annoying.
For Macro Mondays theme 'Amore'. A Phalaenopsis orchid leaf was sturdy enough to take the weight of two little snails. A few tiny flowers from a small hebe plant just starting to bloom in my garden were harmlessly Blu Tacked to the shell of Brian.
Despite needing to work with two snails, this was a surprisingly straightforward photoshoot. Much of getting a successful snail shot relies on an understanding of what a snail will do given a certain circumstance. I know from experience that if I can't get a snail to do what I want, it is probably because I haven't set things up to suit them. For this image, I placed the smaller snail at the end of the leaf, knowing its natural behaviour would be to look down; I could then concentrate on getting Brian positioned hanging off the leaf with his bouquet of flowers.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.