Eye Am Watching You [20858 Animals ]
Uploaded: June 13, 2003 07:21:26
The challenge was to create an appealing image of the lowly and much maligned garden snail.
Mary-Ella Bowles June 13, 2003
Ooops - I meant to give the particulars in my heading. Nikon Coolpix 4500, macro mode. Natural light (taken outdoors), with a piece of colored paper slipped behind the branch to simplify the background. #39863Brinn MacDougall May 26, 2019
I have a good way of looking at this snail.....Dinner! lol..no really a nice capture! #116434Murry Grigsby May 26, 2019
Success--nice image, Mary-Ella. #116519Cheryl Meisel May 26, 2019
Very nice! Love bugdom shots! Cheryl #116550Claudia Kuhn May 26, 2019
You certainly make this guy more appealing in your shot, than what I generally think of snails! Good job! He stands out well! #116562Mary-Ella Bowles May 26, 2019
Thanks Brinn and Murry, thank you Cheryl and Claudia! I used to be snail friendly, and felt bad that everyone else here in California seemed to think that the only good snail was a dead snail. Poor things.THEN I started gardening... :-( #116572
Jean Papo May 26, 2019
You did it! Very nice!!! I love the idea of the paper to simplify the background. Gotta try that! Thanks for your photo! #116762William C. Raco May 26, 2019
Believe it or not, I tried photographing a snail yesterday.
bill #116786
Evy Johansen May 26, 2019
This is a great shot, Mary-Ella! #116903Kathleen Clemons July 07, 2003
Congrats again, Mary-Ella! #135048Murry Grigsby July 07, 2003
Congrats, Mary-Ella! #135326Jean Papo July 07, 2003
Always loved this, Mary-Ella! Congratulations and good luck with this very appealing picture! #135558Wolfgang Dolak July 07, 2003
And again: Congratulations, Mary-Ella!LJ Corliss July 07, 2003
Congrats to you :) #136485Mary-Ella Bowles July 09, 2003
Thank you all so much for your comments! For some reason I didn't get email notifications for this one, so I was unaware till just now that anyone had been commenting in the last few days. Much appreciated, all!!! #138845Barbara K. Breitsameter July 11, 2003
Incredible detail and such clarity. Mary Ella this is wonderful! Congrats. #140459Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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