Sand Dollar

Here the texture of the shell was so different from the Whelk that I felt as though the softness required different handling.

I used only a hint of a Sepia on the background as well as the shell.

I used a different technique in stacking. I selected one of the highest points in the mounded shell as a starting point in the final stack of 21 images. I had to experiment a lot because the shell edges had to be equidistant from that point.

The images were shot at f/11 for a fourth of a second, ISO 100, -.7 EV, spot meter, @ 105 mm with a 70-200 + Canon 500D diopter.

Another difficult area were the imperfections in the shell. It almost looked as though it had been polluted with some dark stain on the right side of the shell.

Thanks for looking and I appreciate your comments and suggestions.