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The design of the shell on this guy was more clean and graphic looking than I typically see on the snails around here. Since they're not exactly colorful, that made him a prime candidate for some pictures. |
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As close in as I could get on the side of his slimy little body. |
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I've made two snail tabblos before, one with the basic wide-angle lens that came with my camera and another when I got my macro lens. I've since added an extension tube set to my equipment that doubles the magnification of the macro, so when I headed out the door last night to walk the dog and saw this snail with it's cooler-looking-than-usual shell, I thought I might as well give it another go. I played around more with lighting on this one too, so I feel like it stands apart from the previous two pretty well. Hope you enjoy! |
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These things move around a lot more than you would think, so when he slowed down enough later in our session, I finally got some good clear shots of the little snail eyes. I'll always love how terrified they make them look. Like they're about to scream or something. |
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Close up on where the shell meets the back. |
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Charging. |
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I noticed after I started taking pictures that there was a strange little white bump on it's side. No idea what to make of it, but there it is. |
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This has a sort of crazy cartoon look to it that makes me laugh. The shot was taken as the snail was relaxing and slowly folding in on itself for some shut-eye. |
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The best shot of the entire eye-stalk I managed to get. |
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In as tight as I could get on the shell. |
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And here it is fully tucked in for a night of sleep. Until I tapped on it's shell to wake it back up that is. |
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And here's the look it gave me when I did. |
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It's tail... |
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I picked it up by the shell for a few shots. In this one, I was holding it almost upside down, and it folded it's body over on top of itself to be right-side-up. So here you can see it sort of crawling over it's own shell. Just missed the focus I'd have liked in this one - I'd have liked it to be on where the body meets the shell more clearly - but it's close enough. |
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Yet another screaming eyeball. I'm curious what the world might look like through those crazy things. |
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Interesting textures. |
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This is the mantle that lines the inside of the shell and holds all the internal organs in place. Specifically, this section is the underside of what I guess you could call the "collar" of the shell, and it was exposed a bit because the snail was stretching pretty far out to reach the ground. |
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Another tail shot. |
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Peaceful slumber. |
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This is it's underside while it's curled into a "C" shape trying to reach the ground again. |
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And drifting off to sleep once again. He's back outside in our ivy tonight. |
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