Placed the spiney mollusk (Venus Comb Murex) on a bed of white sand for the shot. Performed minor "cloning out" of three distracting bright specks (glimmering particles of sand resembling hot pixels). Did slight sharpening and levels adjustments and submitted for challenge.
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Not sure that this is a traditional macro shot but who cares! Wonderful subject, love the complimentary light to go with the subject's mysteriousness. 9
Excellent lighting. Overal really nice quality. I orginally rated as a 7 cause the shell (??) gives me the creeps. But changed to 9 after thinking about it more.
Almost like it is spotlighted on the bottom of the ocean. Great composition and lighting. Very interesting subject. Makes me wonder how long it really is
Technical: most likely fits the challenge, though with no knowledge of the actual size of the subject I can't tell for sure. Exposure composition focus lighting all excellent- I love the lighting. I'll be interested to know what the source was.
Great museum photography we've got here. I wish that the spotlight is a little bit wider to give more light to the back tines but I am just being petty. Framing is good too.
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