'She sells sea shells on the sea shore…..'

These tiny shells were found washed up on the beach at Muriwai (a northern west coast beach in NZ).
The purple ones are Violet Snail shells - they are a carnivorous snail that lives on the Portugese Man of War - a surface floating type of jellyfish. The cream shells are Ram's Horn shells and these are an internal buoyancy aid for small squid type creatures.

[julia]

Wow great shot,.. but poo what is that smell.. lol

[☆Rachel☆]

Oh my goodness that colour of the purple shells are amazing.

[Andrea]

Wow never seen the purple ones before. Great colour😊

[Dianne]

@julzmaioro @rachelm @andreajoy yes the colour of the wee shells are amazing - thanks for your comments.

[Sue Wilde]

What a great collection

[Padlock]

Love the contrast

[Rod Daldry]

Great composition!

[W.MARK HATCH]

perfect for this week's theme-"twisted"

[Fisher Family]

Beautiful close-up and composition!

Ian

[Pyrrhula]

Thank you for you visit and you so nice comment.
I did some pic.`s of shells myself last Sunday but they are not as beautiful as yous are. Love the framing too.

[Dianne]

@swilde @padlock @daldry @mhatch @fishers @pyrrhula They are a lovely combination of colour to photograph together - thanks

[Ruby]

Very nice composition, and information, love thecdetail

[Marnie]

Beautiful composition, focus and colours. Lovely

[Julie Ryan]

pretty