While out hiking yesterday I found an intact and empty snail shell and decided to bring it home to shoot. I washed it and oiled it up with some olive oil for some extra shine and to deepen the colors. I initially shot with just one work light shining from the left but I didn't like how it looked so I grabbed a string of Christmas lights sitting on a table in the garage and surrounded the shell with lights. I guess that would be a very cheap version of a macro ring light. This particular shot also has one of the lights sitting in the hole of the shell so it has a bit of an interior glow.
On a different note. Has anyone had any experience with selling their photos online? Has anyone used SmugMug as their marketplace?
And then you had it bronzed, or so it seems, great perspective and focus.
ReplyDeleteVery cool. I love the colors & lighting.
ReplyDeleteI love this shot. I;m gonna have to try this reverse macro lens.
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