Goose necked barnacles

Such an amazing sight, but sad to see them all expiring after being washed up on the sand. The wooden log that they had colonised out at sea was way too big for me to even consider pushing back out to sea - even if it wouldn't get washed straight back up.,
They are so fascinating to watch though and you can see that some of them are still open and sieving the water in the shallow puddle they are sitting in.

[Maria]

Amazing!

[Diana]

Absolutely stunning, what a great find and shot! Love the shapes, textures and tones.

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh, that's a beautiful capture, but sad too, as you say.

[Maggiemae]

You mean there are real seafood yummies in these shells? They do look like what we would call tuatuas.. endemic to NZ and most delicious!

[bkb in the city]

Great find and capture

[Boxplayer]

Interesting and nature's way I suppose. Great textures and shapes.

[Wylie]

@maggiemae I don't think these are the same, they are the business end of the barnacle, not the bivalve that we also have and call a 'pippi'.

[John Falconer]

Well spotted. I just read up on them. Interesting species.

[Wylie]

@johnfalconer Lucky I got it right then, I didn't think to check!

[Julie Duncan]

Wow, so alien looking!

[Mags]

They are amazing!

[Peter Dulis]

wow

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Fascinating shot but sad to hear.

[Agnes]

Wonderful shot

[gloria jones]

Neat pov and composition

[Fisher Family]

An impressive find which makes a great shot!

Ian

[Bucktree]

Great find and interesting species.

[Milanie]

That is quite a collection and well focused

[Nigel Rogers]

Fabulous shot, amazing textures with the sand and the shells - fav

[haskar]

Amazing capture and lovely detais.

[Ellen Bogenschutz]

Weird and wonderful at the same time

[LManning (Laura)]

A terrific capture- fascinating and sad both.

[Margaret Brown]

Amazing capture and details
Hope you had a good Christmas

[Taffy]

Creates some interesting patterns.

[Shutterbug]

Awesome spotting. And capture.

[*lynn]

amazing photo

[Joy's Focus]

Fabulous image!

[Kathy]

To everything there is a season.

[Pam]

Fantastic shot. The tones, and detail are great.