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Does the little bit on the end of this shell look like a little shell eye to you too?
I like to think that there is a whole little world inside with little shell creatures looking at live feeds from the "eye" on little TV screens, analysing response tactics to the environment on their little shell computers, initiating their outer shell of silence until any potential danger has passed, and then cheering and jumping about and giving each other little shell creature high-fives. That little hole in the spirals under the eye is their emergency escape hatch I reckon. In an emergency, the ConchChime goes off and they throw a little shell creature ladder out the hole and make their escape while whatever they are escaping from is busy at the main entrance. There may have been a little hero shell creature stay behind to distract whoever they were escaping from, maybe named the Coral Crusader. I hope he/she made it out safely! Must be a tough life being a little shell creature, I'm exhausted just thinking about it!
PS - I like shells, but then again, who doesn't!
Definitely Dreaming - Week 16 Small
It was a lovely sunny morning down on the beach, and I reckon these shells are quite small :)
While walking on the beach, I saw this beautiful shell glistening, and showing some beautiful colors.
I enjoy taking these shots, and have done so ever since taking this one flic.kr/p/8xybfW with a Pentax 645, back in 2009 or so. The effect of the barrel distortion and vignetting really captured me.
However, when I saw this shell on Traeth Ynyslas, I did not have my 645 with me - it is languishing, awaiting repair to the winding mechanism; rather, I had an ME Super and a K-S1 with a choice of 50mm DA-L or 28mm Pentax-M lenses. It was bright, and windy, and the light was complicated, so I opted for the old Pentax-M Lens on the K-S1, as it would allow me to have a few goes, as it were. I am convinced that 'digital' makes me lazy, though it does force me to learn from my mistakes and disappointments quickly. Anyway, I didn't frame it properly. I'll crop it, I thought to myself ...
And so, to my first attempt at recreating one half of a vignetting distortion; the change in exposure is awkward enough to balance, the blurring much more so. It didn't go too badly, but is not perfect. Hopefully not too obvious, however.
Lesson learnt.
Again.
Ynyslas bay, Pentax K-S1, Pentax-M 28mm, September 2020.
Okay really is the last on in my Twisted theme. The glory of natures designs of these sea shells in East Sussex, UK Studio shot in 2019.
She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.
The shells she sells are surely sea-shells!
So if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore,
Then I'm sure she sells sea-shore shells!
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Shell Creek Road,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
Our group, organized by the Cal Poly Botany Dept., had the blessing of the Sinton family to go behind a locked gate to property off the roadway which I had not seen previously. Sincere gratitude for this special treatment as well as the welcome to their property along the road for the public over these many years.
A pair of vintage Shell cufflinks, the company I first worked for, as an apprentice when I left school.
In 5 short years I was privileged to have travelled to over 50 countries. HMM
I väntan på vår och sommar så får denna snäcka bli mitt bidrag till veckans omgång av Fotosöndag på temat high-key.
Mary's Shell was installed on Cleveleys' beach opposite Jubilee Gardens on the 23rd September 2013. The concept models were beautifully developed and crafted by Chris Brammall and his team. A remarkable achievement, culminating in the 9 metres long, 4 metres high stainless steel structure.
The project was particularly complex as the finished sculpture is placed 30 metres out into the sea meaning at times it is covered by the tide. This proved quite a challenge when fitting. The complex Conch shell is made from stainless steel with a blast finish and weighs a staggering 17 tonnes.
my mom called when I took this photo.
mom: what are you doing?
me: taking pictures.
mom: of what?
me: egg shells.
mom: what?
me: egg shells.
mom: nevermind.
As I walk along the deserted beach
I feel the damp sand surronding my feet
I feel the cool relaxing breeze creep up upon me with ease
As I look out at the restless waves my thoughts unwind like restless days
The beach is a very quiet and calming place
Shell Beach is just North of PIsmo Beach. We had just eaten at a restaurant near here and the waitress recommended this location to shoot a sunset. I'm glad I asked her before searching for a location. I loved the rock features in the water and this bluff had a perfect line for the glowing light off of the water.
I was sharing this location with another photographer and his wife asked us if we had looked below us. We both were in the moment and were trying to get the perfect light and weren't paying attention to much else. She had been below us on the beach and made a comment about how precarious the bluff looked that we were shooting from. I'm glad that it held us up because it would have been about a 75 foot drop to the beach below. It just reminds me of the crazy things we do to get the perfect shot.