Natural Sponge

While we were walking along the headland a couple of evenings ago I came across this natural sponge that had blown onto the grass from the beach.

You can't really see the size of it here, but it is slightly bigger than my hand.

[Catherine P]

Really like how you can see all those tiny fibres.

[Helen]

Wow great find

[Nicole Campbell]

Interesting textures - it looks very big

[Peter]

Beautiful tones and textures and detail in the evening light, well spotted Babs, did you take it home?:)

[Lynda McG]

Interesting find!

[Valerie Chesney]

What a super capture of this sponge, Babs, such detail.

[tony gig]

Lovely nature shot.

[Beryl Lloyd]

What a super find and capture Babs !

[leggzy]

What a great find....did you take it home? It would make for many great uses :) nice capture...love the texture

[Zeynab jalali]

Wow I've never seen something like this!

[sally agnew]

Very nice textures and lighting :)

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Great find

[Jodie]

Nice find and it does look lovely in that afternoon light

[Margo]

looks huge

[Stephanie]

Lovely lighting and what an interesting find - do you see many of them Babs?

[gloria jones]

Neat shot, textures, light

[Lynne]

Wonderful textures in this shot

[mittens (Marilyn)]

It is so cool looking. Great capture.

[Hazel]

Good light and textures - for the bath?!

[Merrelyn]

I love the shape and textures of the sponge :)

[Joyce]

Fascinating shot and great detail Babs

[Gosia]

Great texture.

[Ivan]

So nice....

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely natural textures and colours, super capture

[Pyrrhula]

A great find and a beautiful capture of it.

[Dianne]

Neat shot. Bath time?

[Pat Knowles]

Could you use it in this natural state Babs or do they treat them for use in the shower! I can imagine you taking it home using that!

[Mariana Visser]

great light

[Helen Jane]

Am I the only one looking at a head shaped sponge? It is the first thing that jumped out of me and I thought it had been deliberately shaped as in sculpture. What a find!

[Rocio Sanchez]

Wonderful nature!

[KWind]

Great texture!

[bkb in the city]

Great find

[Dawn]

Fabulous find

[Babs]

@cmp @dizzyd @lyndamcg @happysnaps @tonygig @beryl @zeynab1992 @hermann @ziggy77 @jodies @777margo @seattlite @lynne5477 @mittens @merrelyn @thistle @gosia @ivan @craftymeg @pyrrhula @dide @mv_wolfie @ochio @kwind @bkbinthecity @dawnee Thanks everyone. It was quite big, larger than my hand and there was another piece of the sponge that had blown further up the path.

[Babs]

@nicolecampbell Thanks Nicole, it was bigger than my hand.

[Babs]

@pcoulson @leggzy Thanks and no I didn't take it home. We have got enough 'stuff' in our house.

[Babs]

@stephanies Thanks Stephanie, we don't see them too often. Usually after we have had storms or strong winds.

[Babs]

@quietpurplehaze Would probably need treating before it got to the bath stage of its life.

[Babs]

@happypat Thanks Pat. I think it would need some sort of treatment before it got to being able to use it in the bath. I didn't take it home, we have got lots of stuff in our house alredady.

[Babs]

@helenhall I can see the head now you mention it, well spotted.

[ChristineL]

Interesting to see it in its natural state, I've only ever seen sponges on the shelf in a shop!

[Islandgirl]

Great textures and shape!

[Caroline]

This is really cool, what a neat find! I liked Pat's comment, I didn't know it'd need some type of treatment first...

[Leana Niemand]

Most wonderful light and detail in this shot.

[Rachel]

That is a great find!

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

So cool macro!!! You are lucky one that saw this!!!