Scallop Shell

Scallop shell (Petinidae) up close and personal my entry in the macro shell challenge. (best viewed on black)

[Jorlam]

Gosh, that really is close.. loving the many colours and textures.. it's beautiful as is but... on black it shines...

[Rosie Kind]

Love it Fav

[Peter]

@jorlam Thank you for your great comments, well the brief was macro and that's about as close as I could get and still retain some sharpness :)

[Peter]

@rosiekind Thank you for your comment and Fav Rosie, the actual shell is approximately 3" or 75mm diameter :)

[Hazel]

It's very macro! Like the patterns and colours on the shell.

[Dianne]

This is really gorgeous - well done.

[Poppo Livy]

Great lines and patterns. Very imaginative Peter

[Peter]

@quietpurplehaze Thank you for your comments Hazel its like viewing in Imax, just could not get closer:)

[Peter]

@dide Thank you for comments Dianne close up the shells quit subtly coloured:)

[Peter]

@terryliv Thank for your wonderful comments Terry as always they are appreciated:)

[Babs]

Excellent detail, what a great shot.

[Peter]

@onewing Thank you for your comments Babs they are appreciated as always:)

[Granagringa]

I'm with Jorlam on this one!

[*lynn]

great composition

[Peter]

@granagringa Thank you for your nice comment its appreciated:)

[Peter]

@lynnz Thank you for finding the time to comment Lynn:)

[Peter]

@onewing Thought you may be interested how it was achieved Babs, raised the shell on a black card on the kitchen worktop next to a window, set the camera on manual focus at f22 and just sat it on the worktop then moved the shell until it filled the frame and was in focus, three shots was all I took:)

[Babs]

@pcoulson Thanks for that Peter, really interesting, such sharp focus

[Ron]

I'm a little behind, but big congrats and well deserved PP and TP Peter! Great detail, composition, color...errr colour. Awesome!

[Peter]

@stray_shooter Thank you for your lovely comments and congrats Ron it did turn out better thank expected just had a go for the theme, I'm always getting behind have so many demands on my time now I'm retired, lol:)