Circles of Life

Artist: Carla Jandelle Petters
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Circles of Life

love the beauties of nature.

The never-ending circle of life just never ends it keeps swirling and continuing and constantly curling and swirling and always in motion never stopping never stuttering always moving and always going and always living killing birthing dying.
The never-ending circle of life.

A snail shell…are created from calcium carbonate and almost always are in a logarithmic spiral. meaning? The curve goes clockwise. Fascinating that they all seem to do the exact same direction for the most part. Only a few go the opposit.

Circles of Life belongs to the following groups:

Bits and Pieces , Ebony and Ivory, Featuring the Shadows and Live, Love, Dream

Dennis Penny, 2 months ago

morning carla!! lovely detail!!
pat oubridge, 2 months ago

Never ever thought of that Carla, I shall check the next snail I find
George Lenz, 2 months ago

gosh…swirling, twirling, curling….i need a shower…lol…nice 1….
smile4me, 2 months ago

Hi Carla, this is an excellent B&W, there’s so much poetry in this picture :D
Carla Jandelle... in reply to Dennis Penny’s comment, 2 months ago

Morning Dennis! thanx!
Carla Jandelle... in reply to pat oubridge’s comment, 2 months ago

i’ve only seen one? and it was about the size of a pea. but was still a neat find….....
did u know? that snails are only second to insects in population? and their poo helps fungi and mushrooms and lichen grow! and that….some slugs? have over 2000 teeth?!?
ok….i’ll stop with the Bits and Pieces Of Info Not Needed To Survive
Carla Jandelle... in reply to George Lenz’s comment, 2 months ago

lol….if u only saw my ‘shell garden’........LOTS of swirls and twirls and curls…
Carla Jandelle... in reply to smile4me’s comment, 2 months ago

everytime i see shells i get so many words coming out of my head that i can’t write them fast enuf. thanx so much for the comment/fav!
artist4peace, 2 months ago

girrrrlll you drag my drall out!
beautiful!smoky & mysterious
George Lenz, 2 months ago

would love to see your garden…
Carla Jandelle... in reply to George Lenz’s comment, 2 months ago

i’m about to get some images when i get back from a trip to Wichita…..hopefully it’ll still be alive. i’ve now got 2 kinds of mushrooms…..pumkins, watermelon, dill, oregano, basil, 2 kinds of mint, catnip, basil, 7 types of daisy, mosquito plant, peppers, tomatoes, elephant ears, pansies, sunflowers, 2 types of chickweed, day flower, chinese lanterns, clamatis, at least 15 ‘wild’ flowers that i got in a seed mixture…........plus snails, toads, caterpillars, a garter snake, 2 praying mantids and whatever i’ve yet to see….....all this? is in a 2foot radius around my house/sidewalk. except the pumpkins/watermelon (they kinda outgrew the 2ft radius about a month ago)
blossom, 2 months ago

Beautiful Carla!! They are so fascinating!!
Steve Woodman, 2 months ago

Lovely texture and tone
Robin Brown, 2 months ago

Des Res Carla cracking B&W shot too!!
Deidre Cripwell, 2 months ago

Love the B&W treatment
The InnerNorth..., 2 months ago

great b n w ,love the graininess ,, very cool photo
Carla Jandelle... in reply to blossom’s comment, 2 months ago

thanx blossom…......i got to see 3 new snails this weekend! very thrilling. :o)
Carla Jandelle... in reply to Steve Woodman’s comment, 2 months ago

thanx Steve…..amazing how nature has it’s canvases set up for us
Carla Jandelle... in reply to Robin Brown’s comment, 2 months ago

Des Res?
but thanx Robin. :o)
Carla Jandelle... in reply to The InnerNortherns .’s comment, 2 months ago

ahhh…now see? i hate the graininess! i love all the patterns and wish i could show each in detail. _sigh thanx though Andrew…
Carla Jandelle... in reply to Deidre Cripwell’s comment, 2 months ago

thanx Deidre. color just wasn’t working for me here. :o)
Jeremy Harrington, 2 months ago

lovely shot
Steve Rowsell, 2 months ago

excellent composition, looks great in b&w. great eye for detail!
Carla Jandelle... in reply to Steve Rowsell’s comment, 2 months ago

snail shells to me are some of the most beautiful natural objects…wether to photograph, draw, paint or whatever. thanx again Steve
Lenny Mullins, 2 months ago

I love this image. The black and white makes the scene pop so well. One of my favs for sure.
Carla Jandelle... in reply to Lenny Mullins’s comment, 2 months ago

snail shells and just the minute details of other bits of nature leave me often awe-struck…then i have to remember to PHOTOGRAPH them…lol thanx again!