Spiny Murex shell

[STM]

I shot this spiny murex shell from Saipan (where I was born) with my Hasselblad and 150mm f/4 Sonnar and a 0.5m Proxar closeup lens on Kodak Ektar 100 film. This one is pretty large as spiny murex shells go, about 6", and after over 54 years amazingly has essentially no broken spines! It was photographed on a piece of glass in my light tent using only a single strobe from above. I printed it to 16 x 20 and it hangs above my mantle piece in the den. The detail is breathtaking!

I also photographed it in color using the D700 but it just does not have the same abstract beauty as it does in black and white!

 

[Trever1t]

beautifully done.