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How unusual. An Osmia with a red abdomen. Very rare. Also as a cool aside. This one also nests in snail shells. Collected by Jelle Devalez on the Aegean islands of Greece. Pictures taken by Maggie Yuan. Shopping by Elizabeth Garcia.
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A tiny mushroom grows from an empty snail shell.....mother nature has to be the mother of invention!
I found these by the side of the road on one of my previous road trips. There had been a huge glass jar full of them and it ended up smashed on the ground at some point. I'm really curious about the story of these shells.
Anyway, I scooped a bunch of 'em up in an empty McDonald's cup on the assumption that I could do an Art with them. Spent today taking some macro shots of things, including these.
As far as I can tell, this an ordinary Garden Snail although, the marking on it's shell look like something from an Egyptian tomb.
We have some mirrors in our garden in an attempt to prevent the numerous neighbourly cats from visiting (mirrors seem to work quite well FYI!).
Yesterday while in the garden I noticed this empty and rather tatty snail shell in front of one of the mirrors and just had to reach for my camera. The mirror is quite dirty from the rain, but for some reason I like the effect.
Initially I wasn't going to bother uploading this shot but then I thought that if I don't upload it what was the point in taking it in the first place. I think it's important to take photos for yourself and put them out there regardless of how you believe others may view your work. :)
Shot on Nikon 1 V1, 1 Nikkor 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6 & Marumi DHG200 +5
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Venus Comb Shell. So called because the god Venus supposedly used it to comb her hair. These ancient people will believe anything :-)