There are many shells on the North Sea beach. Shells in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes the two halves are still attached to each other! In the background you can still vaguely see the setting sun. That setting sun was the reason for me to go to the beach, but unfortunately a little bit of rain threw a spanner in the works. Well, when you don't look at the horizon, but downstairs you also see beautiful things. These shells for example. The elongated shell in the foreground is a "razor" or "knife lifter". There are about 5 types of razor shells in the North Sea. They belong to the Ensis family.
Just in front of the razor shells lies a heart shell. This is a solid, somewhat triangular shell with broad radial ribs with nodules. Heart shells live buried in the ground, to depths of tens of metres.
By using a wide-angle lens I was able to get close to the shells. The depth of field is small, so the attention is focused entirely on the shells.
Al sinds de middelbare school (en dat is al een heel tijdje geleden) fotografeer ik. Met mijn krantenwijk een spiegelreflex camera en lenzen aangeschaft. Ook ontwikkelen en afdrukken van de foto's deed ik zelf. Iets wat tegenwoordig bijna niet meer voorkomt.
Getrouwd en kinderen gekregen. Fotograferen werd toen "kiekjes maken". Na..
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