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The story goes that in 1835 Mr James Newlove lowered his young son Joshua into a hole in the ground that had appeared during the digging of a duck pond. Joshua emerged describing tunnels covered with shells. He had discovered the Shell Grotto, its walls decorated with strange symbols mosaiced in millions of shells. Is it an ancient pagan temple? A meeting place for some secret cult? Nobody can explain who built this amazing place, or why, but since its accidental discovery visitors from all over the world have been intrigued by the beautiful mosaic and the unsolved mystery.
For Macro Monday theme 'Shell'
Shot using the Sony NEX-6 E30mm F3.5 lens
My 2013 Macro Mondays set: 2013 Macro Mondays
I have added a canopy with LED lighting to my model garage so I can emulate a set-up at night. This is my first attempt, and it's not perfect, but I haven't tried such a thing before and was inspired by others I have seen.
The beauty of sea shells or Sea Urchins Echinometra in the above .
Mainly Echinus Esculentus and the Phyllacanthus Imperialis
Shell sign located on a lighty traveled highway on the way to the Sierra Nevadas in California.
There was no gas in sight! Only these wonderful signs.
Shot on a piece of plate glass, with black seamless taped to the bottom. Shaped hole cut to allow light to pass through. Glass was set on a 20" long piece of 12" diameter concrete form tube (Home Depot). I lined the tube with silver lame fabric from Jo-Anns, set it on top of a silver reflector fabric and suspended a 580 EX (@ 1/8th power ) 10" up and aimed down.
A 2nd 580 EX at 1/128th power on a light stand with Honl 20 deg grid is positioned camera right to bring back some of the texture of the shell.
Some Shells from my Mum's shell collection
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Conus Shell
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Using the spiral shell design a a start, the experimenting led to something I "saw" as a future playground attraction. Giant video panels containing ever changing bold compositions of Nautilus shell imagery. Stuff that would delight the little ones. Maybe a few older ones also. Maybe add a tall strip of transparent steel (yet to be invented) on the left.