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Diamond Trapeze
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Diamond Trapeze

by Ingrid Vekemans

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 12, 201167 views5 comments
Baby snail caught in a dew drop covered spider web - by swinging back and forth eventually it managed to release itself...
Photographed with 50mm and extension tubes, manual focus, no tripod - due to wind and the swinging movement of the snail, I followed it in it's movement, resulting in a few good sharp shots.

Nikon D300
200ISO
1/1600s
f/8

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on September 12, 2011 at 11:58 AM
I like your very creative comp of this slice of nature. I particular like the design created by the snail and the web strands with droplets on. Great eye to notice this! It is fascinating to watch bugs caught in a web and how they work at releasing themselves. Many times they don't but that is the circle of life. Great capture with good details for handheld with ext. tubes.
Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments
Comment posted by Matt Cole on September 12, 2011 at 11:59 AM
wow, that must have been a challenge. I don't recall seeing any snail in-flight shots before :smile: A really unusual shot, totally unique. Well captured.

Matt :toast:
Registered on February 18, 2008, 17 Posts, 267 Comments
Comment posted by Balan Vinod on September 12, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Ingrid ..another artistic capture by you ..and the kind of image I like, love the concept, and could have been better if there was some more indication that it was a snail at first sight...but well done anyways.

Balan Vinod
Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 12, 2011 at 12:20 PM
Great technique to get it this sharp Ingrid, a very original image..
Nice light, I especially like the translucent quality of this particular trapeze artist :smile:
Well done :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 13, 2011 at 9:38 PM
Ingrid:
Panning shot on a flying snail now that is something special! Works really well. :toast:
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments