EarthShots.org Photo of the Day Contest

Saturday, 16th May 2009

Dead End

by Linn Smith

Although the snail generally feeds at night, this snail was found during the day seemingly reaching a dead end as it was roamed on a garden plant.

Equipment: Canon EOS 5D

Linn Smith

Dead End by Linn Smith was photo of the day on Saturday, 16th May 2009. It is tagged Macro. You can leave a comment below.

22 Comments

Ariel

16th May 2009 at 2:02 am

Heyyyy, I wonder what’s down here?

Anurag

16th May 2009 at 6:41 am

Very rich blue in the sky there…..makes for a great non distracting background and pleasing color triad ……also great is the bilateral symmetry along the diagonal. Great Macro!

16th May 2009 at 8:51 am

This made me smile, had he wandered up and down those leaves all night long only to be found in daylight and still nowhere? Oh lovely colours by the way!

Pauline Jones

16th May 2009 at 8:54 am

This is a lovely little photo; I love snails, you can almost see the eyes on the end of his stalks.

Jeannie Armstrong

16th May 2009 at 10:50 am

‘Turning over a new leaf’ ‘End of the road’ ‘Where did the world go?’

Lovely shot

wanda krack

16th May 2009 at 11:53 am

Wonderful colors!

Malta Photography

16th May 2009 at 1:31 pm

Great Macro image. The colors are so well put together and the snail is pretty clear and crisp.

planet lover

16th May 2009 at 4:46 pm

Great colors and a wonderful story told without words!

Dianne

16th May 2009 at 5:50 pm

His antenna looks like little glass balls…
you did a great job of focus, looks touchable! the colors are terrific! Keeps searching and reaching, he’ll eventually get it!

Marie Dunphy Harding

16th May 2009 at 10:02 pm

Maybe he isn’t part of the Families that destroy my hostas every summer!’roaming’I can tolerate!
Yes, the colors are wonderful.

kaybee

17th May 2009 at 12:06 am

love snails, love the photo!

Ellie

17th May 2009 at 4:02 am

Great color (vivid and DOF!)

Kyle

17th May 2009 at 1:44 pm

How did he get this photo.It is Just amazing!

Laurie

17th May 2009 at 11:41 pm

Your “Dead End Snail” gave me quite a chuckle!
Very creative and well done. Notice how the minute weight of the tiny snail was enough to bend the tip of the leaf! All of God’s creatures are marvelously made.

Herman

18th May 2009 at 1:41 am

Another beautiful image Linn

Katherine Lee Strassburg

18th May 2009 at 4:15 am

Nice shot! I evicted his tiny cousin from a morel mushroom I found Friday. We all seem to find tiny things so fascinating, and this is a great glimpse into a small, small world.