Close up picture of beach full of beautiful shells in Northern Norway

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Close up picture of beach full of beautiful shells in Northern Norway
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 27th 2007. Click image for larger view.

Found a small place on the coast that was filled with different kinds of beautiful shells. I had to take a picture of a selection of the shells.
Anyone know what the shells are called?

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Ånstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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14 thoughts on “Close up picture of beach full of beautiful shells in Northern Norway”

  1. Magnus

    Great photo and lovely colors. Should have been there with my camera. I know some of the names in Norwegian, but not in English. I know for sure that I can see some periwinkles (two different species) and a common limpet.

  2. Bobbie

    I know a little bit about shells. I agree with Magnus. I see a limpet, and a few periwinkle species, too. Also some nerites. That larger brownish one in the lower left might be a kind of mussel or clam. All of these look like the shells of the kinds of molluscs that live on rocks in the tidal zone or the so-called ‘splash zone.’

    The photo looks like it should be a postcard! (Or even a jigsaw puzzle.)

  3. martoon

    This picture is amazing, I love pictures like this when you can sit and look at them for ages – always finding smoething new about it.

  5. David

    I don’t really know anything about shells but this picture is really neat. I would love to find a beach filled with shells like this. I found your blog on mybloglog and I love your pictures. I’m gonna link to your blog so more people can see your awesome photography.

  8. steve

    Great photo! Every time I look at the picture, I see something different 🙂

    Could turn into another “Find the Face” illusion….

    –Steve

  9. kml

    Nice and crisp with excellent focus! We have always called them snail shells, but I don’t know what the real name for them are.

  10. Zarquon

    Great variety of colours on that shot. I love the frame to frame fill of the shells. Blue tint looks a little cold, this might look neat with a light warming filter on it too.
    … man there’s just so much to look at, I don’t even think I’ve seen a yellow snail shell …

    Z.

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