I Could Really Use a Drink
For Looking Close on Friday theme 'Droplets on Flowers'.
The only flowers blooming in my garden at the moment are the Fuchsia magellanica, that somehow managed to withstand the strong winds of Storm Amy. This toughness allowed the flower to hold up to the weight of even this tiny snail without collapsing. The most difficult problem with this image was trying to get the water droplet hanging off the tip of the petal - I tried several different flowers, over two days, and just couldn't get one to stick how I wanted it - so I gave up and got a drop to hang from an edge, possibly where there was more surface area for the drop to cling to. On this occasion, the snail proved to be very cooperative, performing brilliantly very quickly.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.
I Could Really Use a Drink
For Looking Close on Friday theme 'Droplets on Flowers'.
The only flowers blooming in my garden at the moment are the Fuchsia magellanica, that somehow managed to withstand the strong winds of Storm Amy. This toughness allowed the flower to hold up to the weight of even this tiny snail without collapsing. The most difficult problem with this image was trying to get the water droplet hanging off the tip of the petal - I tried several different flowers, over two days, and just couldn't get one to stick how I wanted it - so I gave up and got a drop to hang from an edge, possibly where there was more surface area for the drop to cling to. On this occasion, the snail proved to be very cooperative, performing brilliantly very quickly.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.