The shells and the straw mat were something I found on my parents' balcony when I was visiting many years ago. I'd just finished building my Bender, and I was always itching to use it. Because the balcony was almost always in shadow, light tended to be directional and highly diffuse. The combination worked well.

I stopped down a fair bit for this one, and seem to recall the exposure time was in the many seconds range. I intentionally over-exposed it to get a high key exposure on the white shell.

TMX 100, Fuji 150mm lens, Bender 4x5

The Shell garage at Locks Heath Shopping Centre, formerly a Texaco and converted in 2014, has been closed for a long time but, curiously, has not been decommissioned. From this view you would think that the pumps had run out but one cannot access the forecourt.

TZ70_P1030395E

Sea Shells, Mexico

Shell (closed) [2,781 square feet]

801 N Broad Street, Edenton, NC

Built and opened in 1969, closed in 2013

This was a difficult shot to get. It was a windy day and the Shell sign wanted to pivot around; this is one of those original rotating signs, but I doubt it's supposed to do it on its' own like that!

Mexico. I collect seashells and sometimes pay a good amount of money for a particularly beautiful specimen. While driving through a small commercial fishing village on the Pacific coast, I was amazed to see the discarded conch shells piled everywhere along the beach. Unaware of their market value, the fishermen didn't know that they could earn more money if they sold their garbage than from fishing.

one shell one leaf and a friend

Egg shell ornaments

Project blogged here;

www.justcraftyenough.com/2014/10/ic-14-challenge-20-egg-s...

I'm sure there is a scientific term for this structure, but it looks like a fin, so shell fin it is...

This wonderful piece of natures palate is a once off original and shall never be repeated again once the tide moves in.

i do love these.

Another mod thanks to Tiny Tactical.

Little snail shells I found outside.

Just some shells I found when walking along a beach - canon ixus 75

Two girls show off their found collection of shells. (Crandon Beach, Miami)

An einer Shell-Tankstelle haben wir Aufkleber angebracht, um auf die Problematik der

Ölbohrungen in der Arktis hinzuweisen. (c) N. Schmidt/Greenpeace Münster

Chocolate sea shells

shells,pearls and gold chain

Volume CT image of a seahell

When I was little I used to spend a week at a beach house during the summer. I would collect all sorts of sea shells, and one day I noticed that some shells fit nicely inside of each other like this (perhaps because they are of the same species?).

Shells in the tree

Perhaps a moon shell?

One of the many Hummingbirds that buzz around near Shell Falls. Wyoming. USA

On L3 Road near Isabella, Michigan.

This is a part of Overnight Photo Trip October 2010.

'Remarkable Tales'

Henry Dahms, Bob Harder - shelling corn on the Schulz farm

This closed shell is smaller than a tennis ball.

Subject: Shell

Key Element: Form, Shape, Texture

Key Principle: Balance

Fix: Levels

Depth of Field: Infinite

Direction: North East

Shells found by the children whilst walking the beach

Taken at the Evolution Store, Science & Art in Soho, New York.

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Nancy's shells. Painted by Nancy Wilson.

Nancy paints boxes made by her husband, Gerald Axelson.

To view her and Gerald's art, go to, www.kodakgallery.com/MyGallery.jsp?

Shell Egypt

Meet The Staff

12-02-2014

Shell Egypt

Meet The Staff

12-02-2014

Inspiration for the violin scroll. Often referred to as Sacred Geometry

Nikon D300

Tamron 90mm

peeking in my backyard