Snail

BloozeBlooze Registered Users Posts: 63 Big grins
edited July 18, 2012 in Other Cool Shots
Took this a few weeks ago in the back yard. Handheld so the sharpness isn't what it could be and I oversharpened a bit I think for what I had. Messing around in LAB and inverting colors as well as trying out a new watermark for when I'm posting pics on forums. I'm slowly going through Evening's CS4 book and workbook trying to learn more about the basics.

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2012
    Good capture butits nota bird, ammel or reptile so I'm moving it to other cool shots.
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  • BloozeBlooze Registered Users Posts: 63 Big grins
    edited July 15, 2012
    Sorry about that. Figured a snail was an animal :)
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  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2012
    Blooze wrote: »
    Sorry about that. Figured a snail was an animal :)

    I'm glad it's not the appetizer ,,, :D
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  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2012
    Neat capture Blooze. thumb.gif Try fill-flashing it the next time to make the colors more pop.
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  • BloozeBlooze Registered Users Posts: 63 Big grins
    edited July 18, 2012
    Dick on Aruba wrote: »
    Neat capture Blooze. thumb.gif Try fill-flashing it the next time to make the colors more pop.

    Thanks! I actually used a little fill flash on this pic, IIRC, because he was hidden behind some foliage. There are a couple of others in my wildlife gallery of him/her? in full sun. The shell color is really not that spectacular like you see on a lot of snails.

    I turned the fill flash down to where it barely shows, but I don't really like the shiny spots you end up with because they're slimy. In the process of messing around in LAB colorspace and inverting I ended up with basically a b&w background with the snail color being this muted green and beige color which I thought was a little different.
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