Sea Urchin

When we were in Robin Hoods Bay last year there were 3 enterprising young boys selling Sea Urchin shells by the lifeboat slipway.

We bought one and it has been sitting in our bedroom ever since.

I've had my eye on it all year. Yesterday's shots of Robin Hoods Bay and the nice soft light today has motivated me to shoot it.

[Nikki G]

beautiful objects, aren't they. you do it justice!

[Robyn]

Fabulous lighting and detail, Sean!

[Leslie]

Wonderfully lit, Sean.

[Sean O'Neill]

@nikkig @rockinrobyn @lesphoto Thank you all. It was simply lit with the right hand side facing the window, so I am really pleased with the way it came out.

[Susie]

Great image...love the lighting and textures :D

[Caryn]

What a cool find! I really like your lighting here.

[Sean O'Neill]

@susieb @cmc1200 Thank you both so much.

[Simon]

Very nice Sean, Robin Hoods Bay is awesome!

[ladyjane]

Oooh, love the light, shadows and texture!

[Livia]

Wow, awesome textures! I love the lighting too. Very cool capture!

[Debbie Orlando]

Great detail and I love seeing this unusual subject!

[Ann Stenson]

Brilliant focus & detail!.....I used to have one of these.....till i dropped it!! : (

[Andreas]

Perfect lighting. A newly discovered planet.

[Jennie Cole]

The lighting is just fantastic here.

[Anja]

Wow, such clear details! Well done!

[Gloria Wadzinski]

It looks like jewelry... nice exposure

[Lisa]

Fab shot, love the texture and detail

[Jill]

So cool! What wonderful texture...

[Corinna]

beautiful... the texture and shape are cool... nice capture.

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

Nice lighting, Sean!!

[MG Perkins]

Wow - a beautiful shot. Great light and such fine detail!

[Linda Lorraine]

I really like the detail and the light too!

[Sean O'Neill]

@simon0128 you are right Simon, I love it up there.

[Sean O'Neill]

@ladyjane @myautofocuslife @debsphotos @annbo @primitiveprobe @esolvideosuk @stiggle @worthyglo @lizzy_lu123 @jillmstruss @whitelily @ozziehoffy @redsockbluesock @lindag Thanks all, I greatly appreciate all you've said.

[Reva]

Beautiful! It looks like fine beadwork. The lighting turned out great and really shows off that texture. Very cool!

[Cathy Breen]

That is fabulous, it looks like something from space with the black background.

[Dana]

Wow - fantastic detail Sean !! Beautiful.

[Peter de Graaff]

Fabulous detail like a natural sculpture

[Jen Hudson]

Lovely detail of the texture. Nice colour. Lovely thing to have.

[Sean O'Neill]

@reva @cathy366 @danacarruthers @peterdegraaff @jennywren Thank you all so much, really appreciated.

[FaerieMoon]

Well photographed--it almost looks like a pincushion

[@pictureitbig]

This is lovely - love it. I'd be tempted to go in a lot closer from above it too.

[Matthew Ballew]

oooh, wow, looks like it is actually in the deep ocean. very gorgeous lighting and detail

[Corinne]

perfect, really great !

[Zuzana]

Fantastic detail, I really like the lighting :-)

[Mike]

They're very photogenic, nice one

[Bobbyj]

great textures!

[Sean O'Neill]

@clarissajohal @pictureitbig @bubbaloooo @cocobella @zuzana @runningbk @bobbyj Thank you all, I appreciate the comments. @pictureitbig Great idea, I will try that, may be do it later if my day pans out how it looks at the moment!!

[Alicia]

Wow, seriously lovely thing to photograph! And you can see all the beautiful detail here. Great texture

[Sean O'Neill]

@tulipgirl Thank you so much Alicia, that is very kind of you.

[Robin]

Fascinating, you've captured the texture so well.