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Entries Tagged as 'Snail'

Macro picture of yellow snail shells - Land snails eaten by mice

April 8th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera April 2nd 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this picture you can see four yellow snail shells from some kind of land snail species. During the winter the markings on the shells has almost vanished so it is hard to say what species they are, but I’m guessing these […]

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Tags: Shells · Snail · Nature · Norway Norwegen Norge · Macro

Macro picture of common limpet (Patella vulgata) covered with barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides)

February 29th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 28th 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this macro picture you can see a common limpet (Patella vulgata) covered with barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) at low tide. The limpets are snails that feed on algae living on hard rock and stones. They are able adhere themselves strongly to hard […]

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Tags: Snail · Shells · Limpet · Shore · Nature · Coast · Sea Ocean · Norway Norwegen Norge · Macro

Close up photo documenting life on the coast - snails and algae

August 26th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on August 26th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.
I really enjoy walking the coast and observe all the life living amongst the rocks, pebbles, sand and seaweed. My macro lens is a perfect tool to take photos of all this wonderful life.
Here you can see some snails and algae […]

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Tags: Snail · Algea · Seaweed · Shore · Beach · Coast · Norway Norwegen Norge · Nature · Macro

A closer view of a snail

March 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments

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Taking macro photos can be so much fun!
Here I have tried

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Tags: Snail · Seaweed · Shore · Nature · Coast · Norway Norwegen Norge · Macro