I spent a lot of time with the girlies on the beach. We collected snail shells, hermit crabs, crabs, sea glass, and rocks. We left the live creatures on the beach.

a snail on the go

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Northern Kelp Crab, Pugettia producta, aka Spider Crab, in a tide pool with a lot of hermit crabs at Point of Arches at the end of Shi Shi Beach along the Pacific Ocean in Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA

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This was for a selective desaturation challenge. It's losing.

found and captured:)

harstine island, wa

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i collected some pretty snail shells

Empty snail shell

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In addition to raising fish, I raise (!) two or three varieties of aquatic snails. I found this snailshell in the tank one day. From tip to tip it's less than 1/4" long. I shot this with a 300mm macro, and the plane of focus is about 1/8" wide.

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Macro photo taken with a Kodak compact digital camera in natural light.

Colour enhanced with Paint Shop Pro