Snail

...a really big snail.

[hueymilunz]

amazing!!! is this some kind of rock? seaweed? or boat wreck??

[Nikki D.]

Cool shot, nice POV!

[Sabine]

is that for real ??! It's massive ! I hope it found it's way back into the water.

[Livia]

Looks hefty for a snail! Wow. Very cool find. Awesome shot!

[Aleksandra]

Brilliant wide angle shot! Love the composition and pov!

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

Very cool!!! Was there a trick to this? How big was it?

[Peter de Graaff]

@ozziehoffy No trick. It was ginormous. Biggest sea snail I have ever seen; at least eight inches long

[Louie]

Great shot Peter. Love the composition and tones.

[emily tull]

o to be a snail

[Peter de Graaff]

@houdiniem no rent

[Lindy]

Love the composition and love the colours. One giant snail!

[Mick Porter]

Huge snail, nice colours

[Lyn]

wow. . .two things: 1) unbelievable shot and find and Peter uses "ginormous"! ;->

[Sandra]

biggest i seen .. all we got are small ones.. thats got me courious...love the POV

[Allison Maltese]

Fantastic shot. Beautiful scene, nice light and POV.

[Karen H]

amazing find, great capture.

[Rikkie-G]

Another beautiful capture!!
I think you might have found Gus from Mr Squiggle!!

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

@peterdegraaff Very cool... I've never seen one other than those tiny little guys. LOL @ ginormous and Lyn being "wow" about your use of said word!! @lyno

[Sarah McDonald]

Great perspective and great find

[Toni :)]

fantastic perspective Peter, gotta fav this :)

[bruni]

Wow unbelievable so big..the whole scene is beautiful
Peter. fav for me too.

[Patty J]

Crazy good pov - awesome ginormous snail!!

[joseph levy]

Outstanding peter! FAV!

[Marie]

Cool find! Love the POV

[Roberta Clark Chalmers]

Great pov and the colors are terrific!

[rachel red]

Just fantastic. Fav! And an 8inch snail!! Ginormous indeed.

[elkehochban]

Wow! I'd stay out of his way! great find.

[EvaHenriette]

Awesome shot. I just love the way you've composed thiis and the colours are so warm and lovely. Great job.

[Ann Jones]

That's a fantastic find and a great capture, Peter! Was the snail still inside?

[Ann Jones]

Meant to add - Fav

[Terry R]

Now that's a snail! Amazing shot all round!

[Howard Steele]

fantastic shot

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Hehe! Great find :)

[Carole Imes]

Surreal shot....amazing one of a kind capture.

[Harry J Benson]

great pov, beautiful lighting, tones, and reflections - a fav

[Shirley Banford]

Great POV here. It really shows off the shore.

[Danny G.]

That is a huge snail, Peter! Great shot, lovely tones

[r nelly]

absolutely amazing!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, that is some large snail. Wonderful colors in this and a beautiful shot.

[Margaret Tryon]

Oh wow.....that's a big snail. Love your pov and what wonderful colors.

[Amy Spada]

Love the way you got down low and included the shells in the foreground. Nice comp!

[Meredith Jones]

Amazing find! Love the colors and reflections on the water.

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Karen Mitchell]

What a beautiful wide angle shot Peter, and your inclusion of the largest, and I am assuming, slowest snail in the world! Fab

[MonicaE]

Looks like a fossil. What is the other stuff arount it? I see some seaweed or is it the snails guts? Ew.

[Anndee]

I thing I might have to re-evaluate how I think of snails. Yikes! Great POV!

[Morné Grewe]

incredible shot Peter!

[Myrna O'Hara]

This has so many things to look at in one shot. Reflections, jump out at you color, reflections, sea weed, love the sky too. Wonder if people eat those snails?

[Laura Thornton]

Wow, they grow them big down there! This is beautiful Peter, and I'm glad I got to see that snail!

[Caryn]

I love this! I've been dying to do a similar composition using my ultra-wide lens.

[eva]

Stunning textures and colours.

[carol white]

Beautifully composed ,wonderful textures and colours!! Fav!!

[Phil]

What a big one! Stunning. So is the shot :)

[8yearson]

Great wide angle shot... the snail looks almost grotesque!

[Sally Ings]

Fantastic find

[John]

Wow

[Peter de Graaff]

@rhos It was alive

[Bep]

Hard to believe...

[Naomi Searles]

Lovely.

[karenann]

Great POV ... the eye is pulled in right toward that snail! And then glides on over the beauty of the water and the stones, textures, etc. The lighting give a golden glow to everything. A gorgeous comp!

[Mrs. Smith]

Fantastic point of view! I feel like I am right there!

[Jen Hudson]

Lovely glow and textures to your shot. What an amazing snail, glad he doesn't live in my garden.

[Nada A.]

Looks positively prehistoric.

[vorka]

On steroids? Enormous!!

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

@peterdegraaff YAY... on the PP!!!

[Michael Elliott]

Love the POV and colors Peter. Cool shot. Fav!

[Rob]

That's a big snail! Lovely capture!

[Jeff Walker]

that's huge! Love the pov and colors too!

[Sue Wilde]

Love the PoV here and the saturation is great

[Shirley Jess]

That is so cool, Peter. I love this.. everythng about it is inviting! A FAV!

[Lisa]

Great perspective!

[Sheri]

Wow! That's quite a large snail! Very cool find!

[Julie Staub]

gorgeous! beautiful scene!

[Princess Fairlane]

Wow! what a great perspective! Beautiful shot Peter! FAV!

[Ulpi]

Amazing shot Peter! Fav

[Linda Lorraine]

FANTASTIC find!

[Decima F]

Another amazing Peter composition.

[Brian Baptie]

Wow!!! fav.

[Bobbyj]

that is one huge snail! great perspective Peter!

[Wendy]

Fantastic perspective and love the lighting here!

[Lisa Pouncy]

Oh my word. That's brilliant use of perspective xx

[Dione Giorgio]

Wow, I have to FAV this too. Amazing beauty in this capture.

[Mark Lynham]

fantastic shot Peter, as always :-)

[Amanda Thepanda]

Nice mollusc!

[Ellen Young]

Most definitly a fav! love your composition that's some wide angle you got there!! WOW!

[hellcat]

I've stared at this one for a while, and it's still intriguing me.

[Caroline]

Beautiful shot Peter.

[paula goff]

sooooo cool! sure makes me want a wide angle lens!

[ladyjane]

Great POV - a fantasy shot.

[Alison Tomlin]

Love your pov. Would be a great view anyway but the giant snail adds a certain something

[Ken Lemieux]

I guess so, wow! Agree with @fueast too.

[Wendy Bowden]

Far out! Love the sunlight through this. Brilliant shot

[☠northy]

holy crow! snails on steroids! awesome find and so fabulously photographed!

[jerry plume]

Wow! No kidding! Awesome POV!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Fabulous POV, amazing it's only 8 inches you managed to make it seem bigger!!!

[samantha]

Amazing shot, it looks HUGE!

[trude]

biggest snail i've ever seen!!! Fantastic POV!

[Denise]

Fabulous perspective Peter.

[Corinne]

impressive snail !

[Connie]

WOW! I've never seen one like this big before! Great find and what an impressive image!

[Aaron]

Congrats on T20 Peter! :)

[Rob]

Congrats on top 20 Peter!

[Juliette Packham]

wow - that really is a big snail! Great scene Peter - I'm back form holiday tomorrow and flying in a couple of hours, so look forward to fully catching up with your album in the next couple of days!

[Peter de Graaff]

@sparkle glad you come by to visit. I am not so great in commenting lately, appreciate how hard it can be to keep up

[Lisa Pouncy]

Congratulations on the top20 xx

[Sassik]

Great one! Love your POV, makes all the difference. Congrats on top20!

[Jen]

well deserved top 20

[Ulpi]

Top 20! Congrats Peter!

[davide]

wow! this is amazing. Congrats on the top 20: you're such a great photographer

[Pam]

That is one big snail!!

[Staci Kennedy]

Wow…amazing photo!

[Stacey]

That's about the coolest thing ever! So beautiful, the entire scene.

[Jan Hall]

Don't know how I missed this Peter, just saw it in your interview. Utterly fantastic. Fav!