3 variations on a shell

Variation 1 - the spiral

I must be getting tired of winter, because once again I find myself photographing shells my family collected last summer in Cape May, New Jersey. These three photographs are all of the same shell. I am experimenting with focusing on different details and texture, trying to express multiple moods from the same source.

Variation 1 - the spiral
Variation 1 – deep into the spiral. Purchase a print
Variation 2 - the container
Variation 2 – open and aware. Purchase a print
Variation 3 - the sweeping motion
Variation 3 – sweeping motion. Purchase a print

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