An older photo that I found recently, showing some of the shells I've collected on Gulf of Mexico beaches.

I shot this for the Macro Mondays Group, topic: Stripes but decided not to add it there after all.

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Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum

Sanibel, Florida

Also known as Angelwings

Feel of Coles Bay

Shell service station with light trails of a passenger bus passing by; Haren, NL

Macau 澳門 盧廉若公園

Mersea Island, Essex, England

Shell Rheinland Raffinerie - Süd

One of the buildings near the cathedral is built of stone containing fossilized shells millions of years old, quarried from the region, which is now a long way from the sea.

"Vous pouvez y voir des fossiles de coquillages datant de plusieurs millions d’années. Cette pierre, le grès coquillier, a été extraite dans le Nord du Canton de Vaud. Elle atteste de la présence dans toute la région de vastes mers, il y a fort longtemps."

Flickr photowalk part one.

newest version

shells in an abalone shell

Shell of a clam (Spisula solida) on dark sand

Muschelschale (Spisula solida) auf dunklem Sand

A very unexpected sight as we stood at the end of Shellness beach looking out at the birds on the mudflats - we turned and saw this dramatic painting of a male marsh harrier - on an old WW2 concrete blockhouse.

Shell Beach, la spiaggia di conchiglie a nord di Perth

oltre 60 km di lunghezza, 40-50 m di larghezza e 10-15 m di spessore

Illustrations from old German textbook

shells from maine

Shell - Designed by Tomoko Fuse, folded by me.

Around 30cm of thickish, beautiful painted paper, given to me by Christiane from Switzerland. Thanks a lot again, also for the workshop, it was great!! :)

I learned it on the meeting in Prien and i had a lot of fun there. The workshop gave a lot of other great results, which you can see here: www.flickr.com/photos/faltwelt/14588898346/in/photostream/

Hope you like it!

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This is a new fold and photo of this model. I didnt like the old fold, as the shell wasnt completely 3d and i didnt like the old photo either, so i decided to redo both. I think both, fold and photo improved ;)

The paper is the same btw, it is easy to unfold it and recolapse it :)

There are always shells washed up on the beach but I seldom photograph them but I could not resist the exquisite markings on these.

New, replaced a card lock Shell depot

Car wash,

River District, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Macro study of some of the shells in my "shell bowl"

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.

For a picture based on a poem - A-Shelling Peas by Harry Breaker Morant (114 Pictures in 2014 # 55 & 197/365 in 2014) See first comment box to find out about Harry.

"Now, all the world is green and bright

Outside the latticed pane;

The fields are decked with gold and white,

And Spring has come again.

But though the world be fair without,

With flow'rs and waving trees,

'Tis pleasanter to be about

Where Nell's a-shelling peas.

Her eyes are blue as cloudless skies,

And dimples deck her cheeks;

Whilst soft lights loiter in her eyes

Whene'er she smiles or speaks.

So all the sunlit morning-tide

I dally at mine ease,

To loaf at slender Nelly's side

When Nell's a-shelling peas.

This bard, who sits a-watching Nell,

With fingers white and slim,

Owns up that, as she breaks each shell,

She also "breaks up" him;

And could devoutly drop upon

Submissive, bended knees

To worship Nell with apron on -

A saint a-shelling peas.

The tucked-up muslin sleeves disclose

Her round arms white and bare -

'Tis only "shelling peas" that shows

Those dainty dimples there.

Old earth owns many sights to see

That captivate and please; -

The most bewitching sight for me

Is Nell a-shelling peas."

a collection of some beautiful necklaces made of different shapes and colors of shells, so delightful to see, and of course tempting to buy, I bought a blue bracelet :))

A special dedicate to my dear friend Patricia, she makes so wonderful and talented collection of jewelries!!... thought you would like this :)

Have a beautiful weekend! :)

River Stour Essex

Turtle shell in our garden.

playing with light and shadows.

on the way going to Ditumabo falls

these shells were thrown up on the shore cliffs by the waves

I borrowed these from my Dad's collection and used his field guide to Tasmanian shells to identify them.

Baby blue eyes, goldfields, tidy tips, poppies and so many other native wildflowers popped this year.

Mary's Shell - a metal sculpture on Cleveleys beach, Lancashire.

An 80 second exposure allowed me time to light paint the shell with my torch yet still retain a lot of the natural ambient light.

Shells taken from Shell Beach, La Jolla.

Another in this series using the TZ 25

266/365/2023, 4649 days in a row

my collection of things found on the beach

Shell

This is a close-up photo of the concave side of an open clam shell that I placed on a coastal rock. The two halves remind me of the pareidolia faces of two crooners singing with their eyes closed.

shells