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Glowing Snail

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted November 15, 2011132 views13 comments

I imagine this will go down like a lead balloon but all feedback is appreciated.

At this time of year macro opportunities are obviously limited but I recently saw this very small snail on a sunflower leaf and noticed that its shell and body were slightly translucent. By changing the angle of the leaf slightly I was able to get the sun shining through the snail to create this 'glowing' effect. I might be imagining it but I swear it was smiling at me...

Canon 60D with Canon 60mm macro lens, f9, 1/500, ISO 400.

Matt

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on November 15, 2011 at 8:01 AM

Like it.
JR
Looks like its been eating LED,s !!

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Comment posted by Mike Smith on November 15, 2011 at 9:30 AM

Nope no lead balloons here, that's well seen/pure genious.

I like it loads.

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Comment posted by David Sewell on November 15, 2011 at 12:51 PM

Very nicely seen, no lead balloons from me either.

David

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Comment posted by Nick on November 15, 2011 at 1:10 PM

Very nicely done Matt - it's certainly a unique view of a snail! The patterns on the shell are great

Perhaps just a touch more light underneath - say from a distant reflector - to give a greater hint of the leaf the snail is on.

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Comment posted by Guy Rogers on November 15, 2011 at 2:48 PM

Hello Matt.

Nicely seen and love the patterns in the snails shell.

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Comment posted by John Fan on November 15, 2011 at 3:24 PM

Nice. It looks transparent.

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Comment posted by PhilH on November 15, 2011 at 3:36 PM

One slight problem... its a snail... I have to photograph soooo many snail shells...

A Unique and well observed image that for me would maybe have benefited from a touch more DoF but that is minor...

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Comment posted by Ian Mason on November 15, 2011 at 6:08 PM

Hmm, I do like the snail, but I feel the black "perch" distracts too much. Well worth experimenting further though.

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Comment posted by jack chapman on November 15, 2011 at 7:43 PM

i like it too, brilliant idea, i sort of feel there might be an even better image from this idea somewhere, lots of options available, i wonder how a darker background would work, i think Nick's idea of lighting the leaf from below too might be interesting. An inspiring image.

Registered on January 29, 2007, 17 Posts, 74 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Cole on November 16, 2011 at 1:49 AM

Many thanks for the feedback, all appreciated. I was also in two minds about the darkness of the leaf so think a bit more light might be needed.

Matt

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Comment posted by Bob Johnson on November 16, 2011 at 3:12 AM

That is a cool image and quite different

Bob

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Comment posted by Neil Burton on November 16, 2011 at 5:28 AM

Snaily in the sky with diamonds..... woah....groovy!

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Comment posted by David Taylor on November 16, 2011 at 3:23 PM

An invertebrate masterpiece. Beats a BOAS anyday.

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