Small beach shells.
Feb 3, 2020 07:53:12 #
I photographed some of the smaller shells on our local beach. Not all macro size but 'hey ho', Brexit is achieved and I am excited to be free of the EU and wanted to come out and play with my friends in the USA.
Periwinkle
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Not sure what this is?
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Cockle shell
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Slipper Shell
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Oyster shell
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Painted Topshell
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Painted Topshell
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Feb 3, 2020 08:19:09 #
Your unknown may be a well worn pouch snail. Physa species. Many species.
The slipper shells are a strange animal. They start out male and as they mature, turn female.
If you can find a stack on a live oyster the bottom couple will be female. The rest males.
Did you know that most snails are sinnestral? Opening down, they whorl clockwise.
Glad to know your yoke to Europe has been removed. Oops, politics, wrong section.
The slipper shells are a strange animal. They start out male and as they mature, turn female.
If you can find a stack on a live oyster the bottom couple will be female. The rest males.
Did you know that most snails are sinnestral? Opening down, they whorl clockwise.
Glad to know your yoke to Europe has been removed. Oops, politics, wrong section.
Feb 3, 2020 09:12:51 #
these are all very good Brenda!! i think i like the Painted Topshell best, because you painted it 🤣
Feb 3, 2020 09:41:03 #
newtoyou wrote:
Thanks Bill, your knowledgeable input is always so welcome and helpful. Your unknown may be a well worn pouch snail. Physa species. Many species.
You may be right about the unknown shell being a pouch shell but I have my doubts because this one is blunt at the end, not broken, just a flattish end.
Our Slipper shells are not native to Britain, they came, probably on ship hulls, from the US. They are so named because of their similarity to Slipper boats. Yes, I knew they pile up and that the males can change to females. I often find them piled on an Oyster shell, perhaps I will shoot one to post.
I have read about Sinistral snails, in fact I found a sinistral land snail (left direction) and posted it a year or so ago. This was a nice find considering that most whorl in the right direction, i.e.dextral. I read up about them at the time but have now forgotten most of what I learned, old age! Thanks again,
Feb 3, 2020 09:44:25 #
tinusbum wrote:
these are all very good Brenda!! i think i like the Painted Topshell best, because you painted it 🤣
Thanks Tom, perhaps I should become an artist
Feb 3, 2020 10:18:03 #
Feb 3, 2020 10:36:36 #
EnglishBrenda wrote:
Thanks Bill, your knowledgeable input is always so... (show quote)
Brenda:
I may have that snail thing backwards. And concur with the aging problem. 73 this March, and don't mind aging when I consider the alternative(s?).
By the way, I'm not all that smart, just a large library.
Bill
Feb 3, 2020 12:44:03 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
These are really nice shots, Brenda! I enjoyed them all.
Thanks Carol, I enjoyed shooting them, I think I will do some more. It is nice to have a subject that doesn't fidget
Feb 3, 2020 12:46:21 #
newtoyou wrote:
Brenda:
I may have that snail thing backwards. And concur with the aging problem. 73 this March, and don't mind aging when I consider the alternative(s?).
By the way, I'm not all that smart, just a large library.
Bill
I may have that snail thing backwards. And concur with the aging problem. 73 this March, and don't mind aging when I consider the alternative(s?).
By the way, I'm not all that smart, just a large library.
Bill
I think you are smart and you have a wealth of experience and patience, that counts for a lot.
Feb 3, 2020 13:22:00 #
Wow! Those are great! Beautiful lighting a great focus.
But they look strange. Where are the legs? Where are the compound eyes? I don't understand....
But they look strange. Where are the legs? Where are the compound eyes? I don't understand....
Feb 3, 2020 13:42:02 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Wow! Those are great! Beautiful lighting a great focus.
But they look strange. Where are the legs? Where are the compound eyes? I don't understand....
But they look strange. Where are the legs? Where are the compound eyes? I don't understand....
Thanks Mark, I have thought about trying to find some live molluscs and crustaceans in rock pools and shooting them when active. Quite a challenge I think but worth having a go.
Feb 3, 2020 14:58:06 #
Feb 3, 2020 15:14:38 #
kpmac wrote:
Nice interesting set, Brenda. Good job.
Thanks Ken, I've been a bit lazy with my camera lately, looking forward to Spring now.
Feb 4, 2020 11:39:46 #
Brenda, these are really quite lovely and very well taken. You always make lighting look so easy and I know how difficult it really is.
Congratulations on Brexit..! Britain has always been a great and powerful empire so I have high expectations for your future.
Congratulations on Brexit..! Britain has always been a great and powerful empire so I have high expectations for your future.
Feb 4, 2020 13:26:08 #
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