Sea Snail, Whitley Bay, UK

While we're on gas pumps, I happened to remember this old shot from a bike tour many years ago. Pre digital days, the photo was most likely taken with one of the small Olympus clam shell cameras.

(photo taken by my old buddy Calvin)

Shell Grotto, Hampton Court House, The Green, East Molesey, KT8 9BS. Photo taken during Open House London weekend.

the horned one

A collection of abalone shells collected from many beaches

Focus Stacked in PS. Edited in LR5

Shell

Leah collected these shells when we were away in Torremolinos, Spain in November 2008 to celebrate my 40th birthday...

a mountain of shells - fort bragg

Shell Grotto, Gyllyngdune Gardens, Falmouth

A sea urchin shell found on the California shore.

For strobist readers:

An SB-24 camera left, a 580ex camera right. Each is set to ~1/8 power (which means that the 580ex is throwing more light), and diffused through a piece of paper that I folded to make it stand upright. The backdrop is an article of clothing I wasn't wearing, and the minor reflections you see beneath the shell are from a stand made from two paperclips.

I keep meaning to put this shell into the turtle-tank, but I just know they'll bite pieces out of it, and it seems such a shame! If only they appreciated the lines and curves and beauty.......oh well!

Taken on Frankston Island in Far North Queensland, Australia

Moon snail shells on polished black granite. Shot on T-Max 100 film.

13th May 2023: Istobal M'NEX22 car wash at Shell (MFG) Kingsclere, Hampshire, installed in 2015.

British conchology, or, An account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and the surrounding seas

London :John Van Voorst,1862-1869.

biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16354620

Poor Marcell died!

Shell

Haven't been shell hunting in weeks, I never find a good shell through the summer, they are either picked up by children or mashed under foot and damaged. Today was a good shell day and a beautiful sunset at Calshot

Bought from a shop in Whitby, size 6cm from apex to aperture

Shells gathered in Cape May over several summers

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the shell museum was a gem so many beautiful shells and carapaces and carved eggs . . .

Kaikoura, New Zealand

double stacked

shells

how intimate is that? :-)

looking like stars

sunshiney bokeh

a little walk out to the deck.

:-)

Came across this old car shell in the forest near Licola, Victoria.

018 :: 365 :: 18th January 2013

When work takes up most of the day, 365 can only take second place.

Beach seaweed & shell