Well into the dunes, this horseshoe crab carapace was settled in beautifully beside the dried reed. I like how the reed echoes the points and angles of the carapace.
This horseshoe crab was huge! I will include this photo that my husband took with his iPhone of the crab next to his size 11 croc. And yes, that is an R2D2 Jibbitz on the croc. Oh, and yes, it lights up when he walks. I love it!
The trumpets blew, and the wall crumbled.
An almost sad still life. A desiccated jelly fish, dead coral, and a well-sanded organism of not quite clear origin, together, left by a previous very high tide. It was very windy that week, and the wind scooped out the sand from around them.
The spot of pink left on the coral echoes back to a marine life well lived.
A long-dead jellyfish disturbingly takes on the appearance of a skull. The seaweed? Well, decide for yourself. I toyed with saving this photograph until Halloween, but decided it is too much fun to wait that long.
Ultimately, I finished this photograph in the position that I photographed the original still life, but I toyed with other rotations of the photo. From the left, it was too much a ‘bowl’ and too predictable. From the right, well, it was far too evocative of a certain fast food logo for me!
Regardless of its orientation, I find myself wondering about what appears to be a cross section of the carapace. Many times I am curious about the origin of the items in the still lifes, and this is one of them.
A shadow photo for the day. Happy Easter!
Carapace and seaweed combine in an mimicry of a land scene just beyond the dunes.
The shadowing in this still life is strongly evocative of St. Louis, Missouri’s Gateway Arch, the largest man-made arch in the United States.
I am finding myself increasingly more delighted when I find fun shadows in still lifes.
For those not familiar with the Gateway Arch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Arch
Solid or shadow? It is a takes a minute to determine which is which.
This wee mussel stood his ground against the very edge of the tide, creating a lovely still life.
Tide Line Still Life 