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Beer bottle found along the beach at Eatons Neck among a massive pile of seashells. It really would be interesting to know how old this bottle is that it aquired so many shells/barnicles on it.
Bighorn Scenic Byway view of Shell Creek... near Shell Falls Interpretive Center.
Info: 'Shell Falls is a waterfall in the Bighorn National Forest on Shell Creek, about halfway down Shell Canyon, and a few miles upstream from the town of Shell in northeast Wyoming.' - wiki
The unknown story of the broken sea shells collectors
At Udaypur sea beach (3km from Digha at the Bengal-Orissa state border), hundreds of poor villagers (80% of them are women) gather on a particular time of the day at the peak of the low tide. They all carry a small net basket for collecting broken shells following the line of the waves. When the baskets are half-filled they empty their catch at the beach and go back to the waves again. Finally the shells are packed in bags for selling. After two hours of continuous hard work, two people together can fill only a 30-kg bag selling for INR Rs 30 (USD 50 cents) only.
The shells are rich source of calcium carbonate, use in feeder mainly at the India's growing poultry industry. Also, it has great demand in making the white (lime) paint. Traders and middlemen are always waiting to exploit these poor villagers. They make on-the-spot payment, collect the bags and transport them to the local market for a hefty profit of 300% by selling each bag for at least Rs 120 (USD $ 2).
I personally talked to the shell collectors and found no Govt. intervention to stop this exploitation. The state government can easily intervene by forming a cooperative and collecting the shells themselves by their nodal agencies with a reasonable price.
Udaypur Sea Beach, Bay of Bengal
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A man holding shell fragments found in Girvan Terrace, off Throston Street in West Hartlepool. This was the result of the bombardment of the Hartlepools by Germany, which took place on the 16th December 1914. It was the first time British civilians were in the line of enemy fire during a World War. HAPMG : 240
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fishermen collecting sea shells from the Manapad shore and there are people ready to weigh those shells & took them to the furnace in the next village (Kulasekarapattinam)
Manapad, Tamilnadu
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Macro & Close-up Photo Project
No. 002
Empty shell of coral from Saint Martin Island, Bangladesh.
Taken with 50mm lens reversed.
Ref : DSC_0221
April 15, 2017.
For a picture based on a poem - A-Shelling Peas by Harry Breaker Morant (114 Pictures in 2014 # 55 & 197/365 in 2014) See first comment box to find out about Harry.
"Now, all the world is green and bright
Outside the latticed pane;
The fields are decked with gold and white,
And Spring has come again.
But though the world be fair without,
With flow'rs and waving trees,
'Tis pleasanter to be about
Where Nell's a-shelling peas.
Her eyes are blue as cloudless skies,
And dimples deck her cheeks;
Whilst soft lights loiter in her eyes
Whene'er she smiles or speaks.
So all the sunlit morning-tide
I dally at mine ease,
To loaf at slender Nelly's side
When Nell's a-shelling peas.
This bard, who sits a-watching Nell,
With fingers white and slim,
Owns up that, as she breaks each shell,
She also "breaks up" him;
And could devoutly drop upon
Submissive, bended knees
To worship Nell with apron on -
A saint a-shelling peas.
The tucked-up muslin sleeves disclose
Her round arms white and bare -
'Tis only "shelling peas" that shows
Those dainty dimples there.
Old earth owns many sights to see
That captivate and please; -
The most bewitching sight for me
Is Nell a-shelling peas."
artistic still life arrangement
(Shells collected on a beach on the Outer Banks, N. Carolina, in the early 1980s.)
I placed these shells on a piece of mat board that had a mottled, metallic surface in shades of gold and bronze that would complement the shells. I don't have a fancy studio or special photo lamps, so I turned off the room lights and placed a trouble light on the table to the right so it would catch the textures of the shells. Because I was taking the shot from above (standing on a chair) I was unable to use a tripod, but I think I caught the details without one.
This has always been one of my favorite still-life photos. I like the light and shadows. I also like the neutral colors and shades of gold.
The Macro Mondays theme for 10/2 is shell(s). This is another possibility. I like this one for the composition.
By the side of a slipway at Sunderland`s Marina, there were hundreds of empty mussel shells, whether left by fishermen or birds I dont know but they make a nice collage.