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Extraordinary Snail!
Extraordinary Snail!
suemack


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Challenge: Extraordinary (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: SPCA Whangarei
Date: Jun 28, 2004
Aperture: 16.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jun 29, 2004

 Found at work in one of the dogpens, have never seen a snail this colour before. We checked with our local Dept of Conservation and apparently the little fellow is an invasive snail...not a native. Manual mode, flash used.

Statistics
Place: 92 out of 278
Avg (all users): 5.3720
Avg (commenters): 6.4444
Avg (participants): 5.3710
Avg (non-participants): 5.3728
Views since voting: 1012
Views during voting: 367
Votes: 293
Comments: 11
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Kodak DX6490
 09/07/2004 04:05:09 AM
Oh, it's unfortunate he is more of a pest in your area than a help. He is sooo blue. He looks great and slimy too...you can almost feel the sticky...ewww. hehe. I love the crop as well.
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Canon PowerShot G10
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 07/12/2004 01:50:11 AM
Its amazing what you find in northland, cool pic ! :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 07/06/2004 05:41:35 PM
Very odd indeed - and I can honestly say that I never knew this existed. That, is the simplest value of photography!

The shot's a little gloomy and flash-hot, but it does meet the challenge well.
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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
 07/04/2004 07:14:23 PM
Extraordinary image, that's for sure! Good one. 10
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Nikon D40X
 07/03/2004 11:44:46 PM
Are there really blue snails? Fascinating. - 7
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Panasonic DMC-FZ1
 07/02/2004 07:02:45 AM
slimy.pretty.bluey.
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 07/01/2004 05:37:40 PM
Nice shot. If that id a flash hot spot on the shell i would have tried to eliminate that buti still love the pic. 7
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/01/2004 12:19:12 PM
That is an extraordinary snail, I've never seen one that is blue before. However I think the image quality could be better. It doesn't seem to be infocus. I'd like to see more of the bottom and less of the top.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/30/2004 09:16:04 AM
Enter your co
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 06/30/2004 06:42:03 AM
I'd preferred the snail completely on focus, also the flash light on it distracts.
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 06/30/2004 02:19:52 AM
Yes it is.
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