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Explore #362, February 5, 2014
Mahabalipuram, India, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal.
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
©2013 Patrick J Bayens
Shell Mex House is a grade II listed building situated at number 80 Strand, London. The current building was built in 1930–31 on the site of the Hotel Cecil and stands behind the original facade of the Hotel and between the Adelphi and the Savoy Hotel. Broadly Art Deco in style, it was designed by Frances Milton Cashmore of the architectural firm of Messrs Joseph.
Created for Kreative People Contest 26 - How Does Your Garden Grow?: www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157644001090005/
Native to East Asia, this plant has escaped cultivation and can be found growing wild in many places here.
Was hunting through my archives for something different & found these manipulations.....the arty side in me!
The photo was taken with my 9500 in 2007. I started off with an Orb and changed to an oblong, thought it had a greater effect of patterns & detail.
I love the colours of these mussel shells - if they weren't occupied I would have liked to re-home them to my place.
Taken in Otago, South Island, NZ
>> Here are more of my beach finds on flickr :-)
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There was some something about this that caught my eye. Perhaps a visual representation of never truly being stuck and having the strength to crack through our constraints.
When I see a bunch of shells on the beach, I want to hoard them like a pirate. At some point in history, these were money.
This photo is reprocessed from an earlier version here. (justenoughfocus.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Full/i-MVVZNj3) The tools for post-processing are continually being updated, so lately I've been having a little fun going back to old photos to tease out a new look. I don't recall what tools I used back in 2015, but this time, I used the latest version of Skylum's Luminar.
Nevertheless, what got my attention in this scene is all of the shells in the foreground; they must have been deposited after a storm. You can go to a store and buy a bag of shells for ten bucks, or you could just go to the beach and pick them up yourself. Better yet, send me the money, and I'll get them for you! (just kidding)
We plan on going on a beach vacation in the winter months, so until then I'll stare at these shells
on a creative level, I did love the light coming from the window though
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Sanibel Island, on Florida's west coast, is famous for its great shell collecting. That's where all these came from - my daughter and family camped there recently, and managed to transport all these shells back home to New York.
For Macro Monday theme "Negative space" (April 14th 2014)
A snail shell found in the garden - just 1 inch across. I use negative space a lot, though I don't like to over-think it. One rough guide I use is to imagine the subject (including the reflection in this shot) has been cut out of the picture. Would the shapes left behind be interesting? For this exercise I had to try and hide the signature too, as it takes away from the negative space ;o)
Shot with the Sony NEX-6 using the E30mm F3.5 macro lens
My 2014 Macro Mondays set: 2014 Macro Mondays
The left shell is fresh and I brought it home from a Japanese meal in Kyoto. It is called Abalone or Awabi (Japanese) and is pearl inside with a row of (at least 9) perforations. It is rather light in weight. The right shell is pertrified and very old, I found it at a beach in France. I have no idea what exactly it is, but it could be an oyster type of shell. It is the perfect intermediate between a shell and a stone and rather heavy. The photo gives a reliable impression of the two very different textures of these shells.
Nature is full of contrast between life and death. An impenetrable shell is quiet literally a guaranty for a sheltered life. But what happens when this idea is brought over to buildings? Expansive art mostly.
Seen from Shell Falls National Recreation Trail... off of US highway 14 - Big Horn Scenic Byway, Shell Creek Canyon - Wyoming.
Shell Falls has an average water flow of 3,600 gallons per second.
- trail info
More info: www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/bighorn/recarea/?recid=30868
Summer earrings made from natural shells. It's a pity but when I went on vacations to the seaside I had forgotten it at home )
DJZ_6588-Edit-2: Shell Canyon is on the western side of the Bighorn Mountains. In this image, you see Hwy US14 going down. I'm on my way down the canyon heading toward the section of US14 that's between Wapiti, and the eastern entrance of Yellowstone NP.
The morning sunlight is just beginning to hit the upper part of this image.