I finally decided to delete a lot of photos and free up disk space. I also found some photos that I completely forgot about, so now I'm sorting out the files as well.

Brown-lipped Grove Snail, Hainbänderschnecke (Cepaea nemoralis)

vineyard snail

Weinbergschnecke an einem Baum.

#MacroMondays - #Macro Mondays - #Natural Shells - #umusual pattern - #spiky - #redux 2020

When we take a closer look at this beautiful snail shell we can see here a whole universe. And it’s not only the ultimativ Fibonacci Form that is present everywhere around us. We find rugged landscapes, high mountains and flat plateaus in most beautiful colours. Who ever saw photos from other galaxies can see how similar they look. Not to forget this subject is uniting three of the themes we had in the last year.

Schaut wir uns dieses wunderschöne Schneckenhaus aus der Nähe an können wir ein ganzes Universum entdecken. Und es ist nicht nur die ultimative Fibonacci Form die überall um uns herum präsent ist. Wir finden zerklüftete Landschaften, hohe Berge und flache Ebenen in den schönsten Farben. Wer schon einmal Bilder anderer Galaxien gesehen hat, wird erkennen, wie ähnlich diese aussehen. Nicht zuletzt vereint dieses Motiv gleich drei der Themen aus dem vergangenen Jahr.

More of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de

Focus stack of 25 images

For FlickrFriday#Forms in Narure

The shell at least. The snail has long gone.

right light

right time

for a our visitor :-)

land snail meets empty sea slug shell

No - not James Bond, but nature ;o)

For the Macro Monday challenge "Spiral" (July 13th 2020)

I tried various ideas before I settled on a snail shell for the challenge. I feel a little apologetic, as it is the 4th time this year that I've used a shell for MM! But it simply fit the spiral theme better than anything else I shot. And together with the blue and pink that my White Balance setting produced ... I had to admit that 'nobody does it better ... than nature ;o)

Carly Simon singing for the Bond film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7__rt0hRm8s

HMM!! ;o)

My 2020 Macro Mondays set: Here

and previous years of the challenge:

My 2019 Macro Mondays set: Here

My 2018 set: 2018 Macro Mondays

My 2017 set: 2017 Macro Mondays

My 2016 set: 2016 Macro Mondays

My 2015 set: 2015 Macro Mondays

My 2014 set: 2014 Macro Mondays

My 2013 set: 2013 Macro Mondays

...than life on Mars ;-))

Happy Monday, all!

Small snail shell impaled by a sharp blade of a marsh plant

DeLand, Florida

MA200330.2m

Snail shell. Pecked at and broken.

Macro Mondays: Imperfect

HMM!

Not much say about this, it's just a snail shell which someone had placed on a wall in a park where I found it. I wasn't super inspired that day and left it where it was for a quick photo although I'm sure that the park would have offered possibilities for a more creative photo.

Schneckengehäuse

snail shells

The spiral in a snail's shell is the same mathematically as the spiral in the Milky Way galaxy, and it's also the same mathematically as the spirals in our DNA. It's the same ratio that you'll find in very basic music that transcends cultures all over the world.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Who finds the middle

sees the whole

from China

It embodies the latest and most unusual form of the snails - the supernatural meta form.

SNAILICIOUS Inspire

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То въплътява последната и най-необикновената форма на охлювите - свръхестествената мета форма.

SNAILICIOUS Вдъхновение

Snail Shell

An empty snail shell found in the bottom of the garden.

It's actually remnants of a Moon Snail's shell. I found it while collecting seashells at Sanibel Island in Florida several years ago. This theme is a wonderful challenge: it wasn't until I had been looking for a pareidolia for a few days until I remembered this shell!

photo size: 2.37"W by 1.52"H and 6.03cm W by 3.87cm H

Theme: "Pareidolia" The human brain can create meaningful and significant shapes from patterns and textures. Take a photo of a pareidolia you perceive.

Thank you for taking the time to view this photo, and for the faves and comments you make, thank you.

In the Sand on the Strand of the Sea (in short: Seashore) sunbathes a Starfish, picturesquely surrounded by Sea Shells and Sea Snails, Stones and Seagulls.

I wish I could be there too. But unfortunately my name doesn't start with S... 😉

Für

"Smile on Saturday"

Thema "Starts with S" am 16.10.2021.

A "Happy Smile on Saturday"

and a sunny weekend for all of you. 😊

Stay safe / Bleibt gesund.

Thank you for all your views, faves and comments.

Colourful snail shell on a black-and-whitened tree trunk, seen on the beach at the far end of the Hamanasu-no-Oka Park (Ishikari, Hokkaido).

Camera: Canon EOS 80D.

Lens: Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM.

Edited with Adobe Photoshop.

Empty snail shells on farmland at Staple Fitzpaine in Somerset.

color of rustic pottery

Macro of a random patch of moss.

A snail, on the inside of my front door.

Een slak, op de binnenkant van mijn voordeur

The colored SNAILICIOUS snail shell for "Brushes" SNAILICIOUS dish

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Оцветената SNAILICIOUS охлювна черупка за SNAILICIOUS ястието "Клонки"

Shot with the Helios 44-2 lens.

HMBT and HMT too ;o)

B/W Tinted and Mono Here

Helios 44-2 and 44-M set: Here

This guy was enjoying being snuggled on my fencepost catching some rays…

... Spring is coming

For Macro Mondays’ theme “Natural shells”

Happy Macro Monday

Greetings from Italy

The snails in my garden are a very obliging bunch. They do have the life of Riley...maybe this is Riley himself!

The danger of smoking in bed for a snail - but fortunately Brian had smoke and heat detectors installed, so was able to crawl out in plenty of time. He was also extremely pleased to have insurance and already has his replacement home from the shell dealership.

For Macro Mondays theme 'Radiant'. The empty snail shell was filled with bits of dead leaves and then some combustible fire gel was added. The gel provides the blue colour in the flame and the burning of the organic matter gave the orange colours.

A little macabre perhaps, but Hallowe'en is coming soon...

No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.

Day 110/365:

April 2022: A month in 30 pictures

I went to pick a few of these wild violets from my garden and there seemed to be a little snail graveyard by them. It seemed a good idea to use a natural vase for these little beauties. Getting them to stay put was another matter entirely. The top one was obviously camera shy! I did a version without the extra shell but my husband preferred this one, since I couldn't decide I went with his choice.

Un endroit bien choisi : au soleil et doucement bercé par la brise.

(A well chosen place : in the sun and gently rocked by the breeze)

Jardin des Cîmes, Passy, Haute Savoie, France.

Mieux en grand, better in large, click or Z

This small, rather bleached snail shell was on the trail in the woods...

A ceramic bowl full of empty "Escargot" snail shells on my bathroom windowsill. For this week's Macro Mondays theme "Glaze" This is a photo of the whole bowl

www.flickr.com/photos/juliek1967/32842849491/in/dateposted/

Also for 117 pictures in 2017 #84 Decorative