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Bighorn Scenic Byway view of Shell Creek... near Shell Falls Interpretive Center.
Info: 'Shell Falls is a waterfall in the Bighorn National Forest on Shell Creek, about halfway down Shell Canyon, and a few miles upstream from the town of Shell in northeast Wyoming.' - wiki
There are always shells washed up on the beach but I seldom photograph them but I could not resist the exquisite markings on these.
On my back deck I have a bowl of sea shells. I found a few lying on the deck (my cat or a bird got into them) I looked at this one and recognized it as my subject from a couple of years ago.
The unknown story of the broken sea shells collectors
At Udaypur sea beach (3km from Digha at the Bengal-Orissa state border), hundreds of poor villagers (80% of them are women) gather on a particular time of the day at the peak of the low tide. They all carry a small net basket for collecting broken shells following the line of the waves. When the baskets are half-filled they empty their catch at the beach and go back to the waves again. Finally the shells are packed in bags for selling. After two hours of continuous hard work, two people together can fill only a 30-kg bag selling for INR Rs 30 (USD 50 cents) only.
The shells are rich source of calcium carbonate, use in feeder mainly at the India's growing poultry industry. Also, it has great demand in making the white (lime) paint. Traders and middlemen are always waiting to exploit these poor villagers. They make on-the-spot payment, collect the bags and transport them to the local market for a hefty profit of 300% by selling each bag for at least Rs 120 (USD $ 2).
I personally talked to the shell collectors and found no Govt. intervention to stop this exploitation. The state government can easily intervene by forming a cooperative and collecting the shells themselves by their nodal agencies with a reasonable price.
Udaypur Sea Beach, Bay of Bengal
Images of Bengal, India
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fishermen collecting sea shells from the Manapad shore and there are people ready to weigh those shells & took them to the furnace in the next village (Kulasekarapattinam)
Manapad, Tamilnadu
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I was playing around with the shell extensions, and came upon this. There's enough room to fit various Technic connectors through the gap.
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A giant seashell designed by artist Stephen Broadbent is in place on Cleveleys Beach.
The sculpture, which is part of three additions to the sea front – including a 12-tonne ogre – is one of the main symbols from The Sea Swallow children’s book, based entirely on stories and myths provided by children and adults in Wyre. Both the ogre and Golden Seashell, along with a nine-metre Wooden Paddle installed in 2013, are part of the authority’s Mythic Coast Artwork Trail and penultimate phase of the £2.1m Sea Change Project.
The illustrated book tells the story of Mary, a fisherman’s daughter who is forced to save her town from the dangers of the sea by using the Golden Seashell. Stephen Broadbent, a public artist, designed the artwork and hopes it will be used during the summer months to act out the story to families.
Mary's Shell, Cleveleys Beach at sunset. Long exposure using a 0.9 Hard Grad and 10 stop Big Stopper.
This is a dirty specimen of the old exoskeleton of a cicada. Janice was caring for some of her plants, indoors for the winter, but which reside in the yard during warmer months. She found this abandoned shell in the soil. Apparently, it's been there for months.
artistic still life arrangement
(Shells collected on a beach on the Outer Banks, N. Carolina, in the early 1980s.)
I placed these shells on a piece of mat board that had a mottled, metallic surface in shades of gold and bronze that would complement the shells. I don't have a fancy studio or special photo lamps, so I turned off the room lights and placed a trouble light on the table to the right so it would catch the textures of the shells. Because I was taking the shot from above (standing on a chair) I was unable to use a tripod, but I think I caught the details without one.
This has always been one of my favorite still-life photos. I like the light and shadows. I also like the neutral colors and shades of gold.
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