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Man have I been missing the beach like CRAZY the past few days. Don't see a trip over that way happening the rest of this month. *sigh*
From escarpment overlook trail at Fayette State Park in the Garden Peninsula of Upper Michigan, USA. This was a 19th century iron smelting town on the north shore of Lake Michigan.
All polymer clay--getting ready for a trunk show in November; love the snailshell ghost shift pebble...
Your new theme for the thematorium contest #114 is "White on White"
The Thematorium
When Alaskanshelly
announced this before we went on a walkabout ....while we were looking for blueberries i was looking for all the things nature has to offer that are one form of white or another....
then when I came home my mind was working over time about the white that surrounds me this one is from things of the sea and nature and lace .......
Next few days i will be posting a series of white on white ,,,,tonight there are two ....please visit both
A little part of the other world for those, who love to dream...
Tiny Flower Gnome with his Cottage is one-of-a-kind handmade Waldorf inspired toy intended for all the forever-young fairytale lovers.
Woolen parts are hand-felted combinating wett and needle felting of plant dyed natural woolfell.
Set consists of:
* cottage with a straw roof and felt flower - diameter 3,35" (8,5cm), hight 4" (10cm) /flower-included hight is 5,5" (14cm)/
* Gnome: 1,6" (4cm) tall with two removable hats: Acorn one for everyday use and crochet one for a bed time
If You are missing some magic spell in Your life, or need a tender gift for Your little friend, please, don't tarry anymore :-)
The Snail Shell Assassin figure recently released, and I got mine in a few days ago. Like Figma, Snail Shell has a very competent body that they tweak and provide for use in developing figures for the assortment of interesting character designs.
So I don't know the official names or anything, but this figure basically has two forms - some strange hybrid cybernetic animal form, and of course, the expected Waifu in skintight jumpsuit form.
It's an interesting design aesthetic, though for an assassin she seems awfully under armed, featuring a knife and a Grapnel Gun. The sheath for the knife and the harness for the Grapnel Gun plug directly into her lower spine. The interesting thing is that the hands are only meant to hold the knife - the Grapnel Gun is directly deployed from her harness... or that's what I think, as there's no real instructons.
Grapnel Gun comes with a coiled wire as well as three different tips, one for use when the tip has not been fired, and two actual projectiles to use with the wire.
Assassin is a return to average height for one of their figures, as Milk T Girl was just really short, though to be fair she was also really cheap to buy.
The cyborg mode head features multiple joints for articulation in the neck, covered with a fabric piece to hid the joints. There's also a joint at the base of the head, so overall this giraffe necked sculpt is actually very articulated. Compared to the normal head, which features effectively no neck articulation and limited head tilt, this feels somewhat like a step back.
Articulation has generally not been an issue with Snail Shell figures, and this is no different. mainly lacking a waist and butterfly shoulder joints. I've never removed the legs of any of the other figures (but this one I have to in order to swap out the groin pieces, and I notied the the hip design actually features some robust designs to allow for increased range of let motion without relying on a pull down hip design. The tail is actually articulated, tough the connection looks so fragile I'm afraid to actually manipulate the piece too much.
As always, use of the base will increase your posing options, and the base has cavities for you to store you spare pieces.
The two face plates are functional, and I can only presume they look like the source art. I can say, however, they're solid in terms of looking anime in nature, though again I wonder if this is simply because art direction insisted. There seems to be more rouge around the eyes on the finished product compared to the prototypes, and this shows up on the photos.
Otherwise, Paint and Build wise, pretty much on par with other Snail Shell items. in case you weren't aware, that is basically Storm Collectibles level of quality that should be coming out from these sets. Some questionable design choices as i've outlined above, but overall the figure certainly holds together than product from other companies.
Full-size recommended: c2.staticflickr.com/4/3891/32534823534_71063eb248_o.jpg
I have a video of this here: www.flickr.com/photos/josh-rokman/33230147400/in/dateposted/
Ultra Fractal
The Snail Shell Assassin figure recently released, and I got mine in a few days ago. Like Figma, Snail Shell has a very competent body that they tweak and provide for use in developing figures for the assortment of interesting character designs.
So I don't know the official names or anything, but this figure basically has two forms - some strange hybrid cybernetic animal form, and of course, the expected Waifu in skintight jumpsuit form.
It's an interesting design aesthetic, though for an assassin she seems awfully under armed, featuring a knife and a Grapnel Gun. The sheath for the knife and the harness for the Grapnel Gun plug directly into her lower spine. The interesting thing is that the hands are only meant to hold the knife - the Grapnel Gun is directly deployed from her harness... or that's what I think, as there's no real instructons.
Grapnel Gun comes with a coiled wire as well as three different tips, one for use when the tip has not been fired, and two actual projectiles to use with the wire.
Assassin is a return to average height for one of their figures, as Milk T Girl was just really short, though to be fair she was also really cheap to buy.
The cyborg mode head features multiple joints for articulation in the neck, covered with a fabric piece to hid the joints. There's also a joint at the base of the head, so overall this giraffe necked sculpt is actually very articulated. Compared to the normal head, which features effectively no neck articulation and limited head tilt, this feels somewhat like a step back.
Articulation has generally not been an issue with Snail Shell figures, and this is no different. mainly lacking a waist and butterfly shoulder joints. I've never removed the legs of any of the other figures (but this one I have to in order to swap out the groin pieces, and I notied the the hip design actually features some robust designs to allow for increased range of let motion without relying on a pull down hip design. The tail is actually articulated, tough the connection looks so fragile I'm afraid to actually manipulate the piece too much.
As always, use of the base will increase your posing options, and the base has cavities for you to store you spare pieces.
The two face plates are functional, and I can only presume they look like the source art. I can say, however, they're solid in terms of looking anime in nature, though again I wonder if this is simply because art direction insisted. There seems to be more rouge around the eyes on the finished product compared to the prototypes, and this shows up on the photos.
Otherwise, Paint and Build wise, pretty much on par with other Snail Shell items. in case you weren't aware, that is basically Storm Collectibles level of quality that should be coming out from these sets. Some questionable design choices as i've outlined above, but overall the figure certainly holds together than product from other companies.
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This tiny snail crossed the path I was walking on. Fortunately it was rather curious and did not hide in it's shell while I took it's picture with my camera only a few millimeters above it.
Best viewed large or even original (3488 x 2616 = 9 Megapixels)
I chose to upload this photo to the "24 hours of Flickr" group pool because it's the most spontaneous and least planned shot of the Set.
Gratitude for the gift of life is the primary wellspring of all religions, the hallmark of the mystic, the source of all true art.
---Joanna Macy
Perhaps one of the most colorful Osmia, Osmia versicolor, collected by Jelle Devalez on the Aegean Islands of Greece. Yet another snail shell nester. What would these species do if there were no snail shells and no snails to make them? Photography by Maggie Yuan.
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Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
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A Gilt-Bronze Figure of Buddha
Kangxi-Yongzheng Period（1662 - 1735）
The Buddha is finely cast seated on a double lotus pedestal with legs crossed and the hands held in the lap in dhyanasana, the gesture of meditation. The robe covers the left shoulder and is edged with incised lotus scroll, and the hooded eyes, lips and "snailshell" hair are highlighted with red, blue and white pigments.
34.3 cm high
www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=...
Estimate : USD 50,000 - USD 70,000
Price realised : USD 211,500
Christie's
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
17 March 2017, New York
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Hermit crabs are crustaceans. Crustaceans are a class of creature with segmented bodies and exoskeletons (external skeletons) that includes lobsters, shrimp and crabs.
Hermit crabs can live either on land or in water. They’re not true crabs, though.
In fact, they’re more like squat lobsters than true crabs. True crabs have abdomens protected by hard shells.
Hermit crabs have soft, exposed abdomens. This leaves them vulnerable to predators.
To protect themselves, hermit crabs search for abandoned shells — usually sea snail shells. When they find one that fits, they tuck themselves inside it for protection and carry it with them wherever they go.
As hermit crabs grow, they often outgrow their borrowed shell. When this happens, they have to “shop” for a new one.
Hermit crabs can be very picky about the shell they choose. They want a shell that they can fit into completely in case they need to hide for protection.
Sometimes hermit crabs that live together help each other find new shells. When a new, large shell becomes available, hermit crabs have been known to form a line by it from largest to smallest.
The largest crab moves into the new shell. The next largest crab moves into the shell just vacated by the last crab and so on.
Hermit crabs sometimes like to “decorate” their shells. To help camouflage themselves and add an extra layer of protection, hermit crabs sometimes carry sea anemones on their shells. Sea anemones are poisonous, so other creatures will usually avoid them and leave the hermit crabs alone.
[from wonderopolis.org]
According to wiki this is a Cepaea hortensis, thats white lipped snail to you and me. it was sitting on a very gnarly looking tree on a cemetary on the outskirts of bergen. Dont know what kind of tree this is but they are quite scary looking, almost tormented . Will post more pics as i prosess them. This is a 3 exposure Hdr, cropped and flipped, adjusted levels and made the shell just a tad brighter. I really like the way the sky came out completely bland grey like that. *update -yikes! that burned out part between the sky and the wood was not there in photoshop, must investigate. Most likely jpg compression artifacts.
One of the little wild bees who make their homes in snailshells. I have seen one in action. It is quite extraordinary.
Miniature Japanese Tea Garden with polymer clay rake and pot, Echeveria Colorata Painted Lady (red lines), Echeveria Nodulosa Painted Beauty, and Dunce Cap Orostachys iwarenge, Russian Oregano and sedum. Tiny snail shells, a polymer clay rake, lichen, driftwood and tiny pebbles complete the scene. The rake is 1.5 inches tall.
Bower of the Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis). The white objects are snail shells with some green glass and flip-top lids near the entrance. Photographed at the site of Fenton WWII Camp, Northern Territory.
Happy Mother's Day!
(only a day late)
Mom was born near Zadar, Croatia.
Snails are a delicacy form the area.
Ewwww!!
Santorini, Greece.
2007
The snailshell-shaped loop up the the summit of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest point on the Australian Continent. We reached to summit on John Muir's 180th Birthday.
This beautiful blue bee nests in snail shells. I am not sure if there are other species in the East that nest in snail shells, there could be...we know so very little about most species. Collected in Maryland somewhere (probably western Maryland) and Photographed by Wayne Boo.
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All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.
Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all
Ye know on earth and all ye need to know
" Ode on a Grecian Urn"
John Keats
You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:
Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World
www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html...
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo
or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
Contact information:
Sam Droege
sdroege@usgs.gov
301 497 5840