Photo theme #189

[billz]

The theme for the week is shell. Interpretation is entirely up to you.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1EDOIHPbxlOAIi53COUOGYsyFzkiTR_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1EDOIHPbxlOAIi53COUOGYsyFzkiTR)

Bill

The fine print:

Everyone is invited to participate.
Because the purpose of the weekly theme is to get us more familiar with our cameras and to sharpen our photographic skills, entries should be taken during the week of the theme.
Photoshopping is allowed.
To make this thread more manageable to view, please post only your entries in this thread. Post your comments in the accompanying 'comment' thread. (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47651)
Be creative and have fun!

[Galiano]

Here's my take for this week.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1lV5c2ECaHRH7vH037w0rO1qVyTgo41_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1lV5c2ECaHRH7vH037w0rO1qVyTgo41)

Cheers,
Helen

[billz]

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1IlTl4VbAjF6aE0tsizLCeFsmAx2NG0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1IlTl4VbAjF6aE0tsizLCeFsmAx2NG0)

Raise your hand if you saw it coming .. :rolleyes:

Bill

[mljrbg]

We went on this fabulous art walk today. This is part of a winding walkway.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1TdaBmJlIzIp05cWRObKJ9AtAYCvco_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1TdaBmJlIzIp05cWRObKJ9AtAYCvco)

[Red Sky]

Some seashells, agates and a starfish found at a garage sale (I will not remove them from their natural environment myself:)) placed in an old decanter. Since the beach is close by I took the collection there for the backdrop. They enjoyed the morning's jaunt and reacquainted themselves with the barnacles.

Does anyone know what may have been in this decanter? An iris powder? Do irises have a fragrance?

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1jZeRpEb7Uo45rBoIgLLEB4MV7QxB_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1jZeRpEb7Uo45rBoIgLLEB4MV7QxB)

[Bamagirl]

Went to the park today where there were lots of turtles.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1V5BsfYs68z3WnqnSTAKJzYdc6ZLr1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1V5BsfYs68z3WnqnSTAKJzYdc6ZLr1)

[Deborah]

Ok, fine Bill
So you beat me to it....anyway we have a week.
I'm posting my shell anyway.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1cCr0UeEnCn9sz8LxwA0CacTzJlB8_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1cCr0UeEnCn9sz8LxwA0CacTzJlB8)

[Sepiana]

Bill,

Here are some cashew (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew) nuts (or as we call them in Brazil -- castanhas de cajú) with their shells still intact. They were collected over 15 years ago and even today one would need a hammer to break them open.

[Byron Gale]

Taken with my cell-phone-cam, blue-toothed to my PDA ('cuz I don't have a data plan on my cell phone, and I don't want to pay per-bit rates just to send a quick pic), then transferred to my laptop via USB dock.

At dinner, yesterday... (the quality of the photo does absolutely NO justice to the quality of the meal!)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1qz7GCqQ9QQiMtsGHHAt235FRx4a4W_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1qz7GCqQ9QQiMtsGHHAt235FRx4a4W)

[dulittle]

hope this works.

[LindaS]

Pet snail making a run for it

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-L1DayIzXWI/SiSBAWM2LAI/AAAAAAAABpo/U-7EbBe4EKM/s320/DSC04957+copy.jpg

[lisabee]

Being landlocked, I did wonder what I was going to find for this week's theme, but lo and behold we are not short on accumulated crap - oops I mean treasures and collectables :D, so I remembered that somewhere we have one of those flower pots covered with shells . . .

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/13pJObr6R7wiWjK7kFGTVMjyYGOsBM_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=13pJObr6R7wiWjK7kFGTVMjyYGOsBM)

and actually taking some shots of this is the only thing that has gone right today :rolleyes:. . . or maybe not .

In case you are wondering how I might come to be in possession of such an article, well my mom inherited off her aunty and this was one item the greeedy cousin (co-heir, and yes it needs 3 'e's) didn't appropriate for himself. It is now a receptacle for curtain hooks, and with the demise of Woolworths where on earth will we ever find curtain hooks again anyway!!!:D

Lisa

[TonyW]

Was driving down a country road today when this shell of an old farmhouse in the middle of a freshly seeded corn field winked at me so I had to take its picture.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1wycDqKbjBiqtJztWtmpYaKmiP1r_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1wycDqKbjBiqtJztWtmpYaKmiP1r)

Tony

[Aussie Nan]

This sits on my coffee table, it is a collection of shells from various places on Christmas Island.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1uwcp2BXwhPh8cga53uUo4v7HtR0W0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1uwcp2BXwhPh8cga53uUo4v7HtR0W0)

[Newtome]

Just happened to have this on hand.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1KrVh41azF9hjb4Q4F4Q7BTuJrc0x60_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1KrVh41azF9hjb4Q4F4Q7BTuJrc0x60)

Elaine

[Ellen]

These rowing shells are stored upside down and stacked; I couldn't figure how to show how very long and skinny they are. Pretty amazing wood work though.
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1GHI8X8MDhLs2hW28FcWejsTJgwsw21_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1GHI8X8MDhLs2hW28FcWejsTJgwsw21)

[Chesney]

One of our families favorite snacks (but boy are they messy)!
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1Du8sr9OYLECYssEIvtd8W27dptTn1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1Du8sr9OYLECYssEIvtd8W27dptTn1)

[pacfam]

Raised on a ranch, couldn't resist! Put the plate on my computer desk chair and used a desk lamp as side lighting. (Real high tech!!) Just added a warm filter.


http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1ztC8shqe4nYl1zKJwrzE9fIlUTD6_thumb.jpg (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/%5BURL=http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ztC8shqe4nYl1zKJwrzE9fIlUTD6%5D% 5BIMG%5Dhttp://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1ztC8shqe4nYl1zKJwrzE9fIlUTD6_thumb.jpg%5B/IMG%5D%5B/URL%5D)

[Byron Gale]

Okay... another entry from me (as make-up work for the themes when I was slacking! :p)

Souvenirs from Mexico... the three in back are, IIRC, from Acapulco. The one in front is from Tlaquepaque and is my favorite because it whistles. You can play tunes by blowing into its tail while closing/opening the holes in it's back with your fingertips -- like a tortuga-shaped ocarina! (I have heard of a version that looks like a little Aztec mask, too... but that may only be an Amazing Story ;))

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/19tnsxUUHi509uQJmtPf3BysoAA7bX1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=19tnsxUUHi509uQJmtPf3BysoAA7bX1)

[Ellen]

I have another this week too, a giant clam shell and barnacles are shell like.
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1pwe6I3J0WIEkB9yYZWmVI2hFgqVMZ1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1pwe6I3J0WIEkB9yYZWmVI2hFgqVMZ1)

[victry1]

LOL Last time I looked, no one had shown any egg shells. Now I see someone did. And I will be the second,though I'm a tad late. :o

Originally I had gotten a shot of an abandoned building in NY Harbor, but it lacked any interest so I didn't post.

Anyway, here's my contribution:

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1ycQRR85u33GO17uHFBdFms3KMTJp_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ycQRR85u33GO17uHFBdFms3KMTJp)

Thanks Bill & apologies for posting so late!