Shells ( the geometry of nature's beauty)
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Smile on Saturday.
Shells.
“Seashells are proof that nothing is ever really empty. The rush of the immortal wind whispers it’s secrets to those who stop to listen.”
This is my Camino shell from my travel in Spain in 2015. The Scallop Shell is used as a symbol of direction along the Camino, pointing pilgrims towards Santiago. Pilgrims also wear this symbol themselves which further enhances the camaraderie along this great walking trail. My Camino story in my book On foot in France (my 2019 Camino on the Puy-en-Velay route towards Spain is available on Amazon).
Il s'agit de ma coquille Camino provenant de mon voyage en Espagne en 2015. La coquille Saint-Jacques est utilisée comme un symbole de direction le long du Camino, indiquant aux pèlerins la direction de Saint-Jacques. Les pèlerins portent également ce symbole eux-mêmes, ce qui renforce encore la camaraderie le long de ce grand chemin de randonnée. Mon histoire de Camino dans mon livre en anglais On Foot In France (mon Camino 2019 sur le chemin du Puy-en-Velay vers l'Espagne est disponible sur Amazon).
For Smile on Saturday
Last October I visited the reptile shelter Iguana in Vlissingen. Confiscated or unwanted animals are taken care of here. These two are under the heat lamp. Of course we prefer to see the animals in their natural environment, but it is not possible to release all animals in nature or to house them in zoos. These animals remain in the shelter. To be able to pay for this, an exhibition has been put together of a small part of the animals.
Afgelopen oktober bezocht ik de reptielen opvang Iguana in Vlissingen. Hier worden in beslag genomen, of om andere reden ongewenste dieren opgevangen. Deze twee zitten onder de warmtelamp. Natuurlijk zien we de dieren liever in hun natuurlijke omgeving, maar het lukt niet om alle dieren in de natuur vrij te laten, of in dierentuinen onder te brengen. Deze dieren blijven in de opvang. Om dat te kunnen bekostigen, is van een klein deel van de dieren een tentoonstelling samen gesteld.
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Macro Mondays theme: Rows
Here we have a real close-up of a shell showing the rows of ridges of a shell.
Captured at f22 not an f-stop I tend to use much as the image can appear soft but managed to get it right here, more by luck than judgement I would say.
Macro Mondays - Spiral
Happy Macro Monday everyone.
I had been playing around with this shell and decided it needed some water drops. But that still wasn't working, so I dropped the shell into a glass of water and amazingly one of the water drops stayed put, right where it looks, to me, like the eye of a fish.
The shell is 2.6cm, or 26mm, from tip to toe.
Two shells which I collected from a beach many years ago.
'Two' for 'Macro Mondays'
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Happy MM
I was trying to work in a reference to the Christmas Nutcracker, but the Hooded Merganser doesn't really do any shell cracking - he just eats the crayfish whole after maybe stripping off the legs. He does that with some vigorous shaking, but he does actually chomp down on the legs to snap them off, on occasion. I guess that comes close to qualifying as nut-cracking? My hoodie "season" hasn't been so productive as seasons before - no chase action like this yet, birds much less consistent at my favorite local pond. I do find them irresistibly delightful. This one is from 2021.