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LordV
3rd of October 2007 (Wed), 14:41
Tiny snail about 2mm tall sailing in dewdrops on my water barrel.

brian V.

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Attic
3rd of October 2007 (Wed), 14:46
Nice shots Brian but the foot looks very bad cold sneeze if you know what I mean :lol:
LordV
3rd of October 2007 (Wed), 14:53
Nice shots Brian but the foot looks very bad cold sneeze if you know what I mean :lol:

Snot like that at all :)- thanks for the comment.

Brian V.
Photogirl2007
3rd of October 2007 (Wed), 15:10
Yuck!! What terrible comments!! LOL!! Nice pics Brian.
macro junkie
3rd of October 2007 (Wed), 16:50
winter is here.where all shooting at 5:1..lol
great shots buddie as always.
LordV
4th of October 2007 (Thu), 01:13
Thanks Joan and MJ for the comments :)

Btw It might not be obvious but because the shoulder of the water barrel is curved it means I can get a nearly side on shot with the MPE-65 whereas normally you'd be tipping the lens up at an angle to get anything in focus at around 4:1-5:1.
MJ during the main macro season I was shooting about 50:50 with my 105mm and MPE-65 but now it's about 90 :10 in favour of the MPE-65.

Brian V.
bandit 1
4th of October 2007 (Thu), 01:31
Hiya Brian,

Excellent shots, I noticed a lot of these Snails on the Headstones in the Churchyard of late but mostly on the Slate ones.

BTW loved the Pseudo Scorpion

Cheers for now
Mark
TMT
4th of October 2007 (Thu), 01:35
Really nice shots, Brian.

Thanks for sharing.
alliec
4th of October 2007 (Thu), 02:07
Lovley shots Brian. Number 2 is my favourite.

Alistair.
dreamline
4th of October 2007 (Thu), 04:32
2 mm? Looks like his shell is a 4 bedroom...

He could nearly drown in a dewdrop. Great capture Brian.
LordV
4th of October 2007 (Thu), 05:06
Thanks again for the comments - much appreciated :)

Bernie- funny you should mention that - a shot from last year

brian V.

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dreamline
4th of October 2007 (Thu), 05:55
:D

Well, there's the proof. Either that, or he was very thirsty...

Seen a lot of these small snails on nettle leaves recently. I'm assuming it's a safe daytime resting place as I doubt a nettle leaf would support a bird.
Omri Alon
4th of October 2007 (Thu), 09:08
Great shots :D
LindaB
4th of October 2007 (Thu), 10:44
Cute pics of the snail - #2 I think is the better one. Love that third pic you posted lol

Linda
LordV
4th of October 2007 (Thu), 15:40
Thanks for the comments :)

brian v.