A shell on a beach with driftwood at sunrise. Georgia, USA

Loved the way the light caught it's, err, "eyes."

These things always amaze me. He just climbed up this thistle, latched on, molted and he was off.

An Apical Shot of Hard Rock Shell Scripted in Sand.

This is the first in my new series of images from the German North Sea island Sylt. When I was there last summer, I was constantly taking photos, even when I was relaxing on the beach.

I am still in holiday mode, so I don't comment as much as I usually do. Please bear with me. Things will go back to normal next week.

Enjoy!

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A pile of shells next to the dock at the harbor.

Macro shell, 7Artisans 35mm f2.8, 10×Macrodiopter sony a7ii .

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.

Shell on the Beach (Green Island Antigua)

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

… this year it's shell therapy, building shell castles on the beach, in holiday mode!

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 )

Sunset Beach on Texel

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.

A submission to Macro Monays on the topic "Collection". I am currently travelling, so all our collections are at home. But here is a very temporary collection of shells found on a beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Capiz shell CHRISTmas lantern at the New World Hotel lobby CHRISTmas tree.

sea urchin shell sitting on a glass coffee table.

Shell Canyon View, Big Horn Mountains Wyoming

Shell Beach is the closest stretch of sand to downtown Gustavia on St. Barthélemy, Eastern Caribbean.

Along route 14, in Wyoming, Shell Falls displays its beautifully time worn rocks and massive water volume.

more winter whites

With the weather threat of 20 Cm of snow for Dec 4/15 this may possibly be the last view of the sand and shells till spring, hopefully not.

Shell House, 1 Spring Street, Tradespersons Entrance, Flinders Lane

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Low tide today was at 12.59pm, so I took myself down to the beach for a wander. I spent nearly an hour and half there and it only rained once for a few minutes, but otherwise it was glorious.

Shell Beach, California, along the Central Coast.

Backlit Nautilus Shell

Close up of one of the shells on a string to form a bracelet.

Like the colours of this shell beach.

Yellow shell on a beach

Shells/Muscheln

Some shells on the shore at the Niarbyl.

posed beautifully - though not in the easiest place to photograph! could this be a Yellow Shell? thanks to the mothfather for confirmation of ID.

the same shell pictured here, but this time on a leaf

Shell Pattern

"Take the memories with you....

but leave the stones & shells here!"

...the tour guide said.

Long Reef, on Sydney's Northern Beaches, is a great place to find shells.