Who's on top?
A scene reminiscent of some work places – everyone trying to climb to the top!
Seems these snails felt the need to climb high onto an old fence post between Carpenters Rocks and Blackfellows Caves in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia.
This is a common sight at this time of the year where common paddock snails congregate on anything off the ground…
Canon 400D, 18-55 lens with CIR Polariser.
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Katja Fønss
Very cool shot! Interesting, and great POV.
Marcus Jones
Great Shot Steve… Great use of DOF and that Blue Sky rocks as a background
LisaR
Wow this is amazing! Fantastic capture.
Sharon House
Wow. This is incredible . I have never seen anything like this before. Great capture Steve.
Neil Boucher
Cool! Well spotted and great photo!
Jennifer Woodward
My goodness, I wonder why they do that?! Great capture! :-)
Steve Chapple replied
No idea why Jennifer, this happens a couple of times a year and every post along some fence lines are covered….
AngieBel
A unique and wonderful capture…and so well taken!
Simon Whittaker
Great work Stevo, well spotted and captured. I have never heard of / seen this before. I wonder why they do it?
Steve Chapple replied
Not sure Simon, they tend to do this three or four times a year…
Critical Vision
Wonderful shot – feels very South Australian to me. Great DOF and composition
AnaBanana
super cool picture!!!
Dave Law
Fantastic capture, well spotted Steve. lol last one up, first one down … hopefully!! They look like they could be a big feast for a hungry bird or animal. :)
Wayne Pearson
Great Steve, they aren’t much different to Humans, always trying to get to the top, and get the best position. Well seen and captured.
Glenn Alderson
Great shot mate! excellent comp & DOF…........well done again!
Tracey Mac
Beautiful dof…..and extraordinary shot…...amazing…..!
justlinda
Wondeful capture…....
simonesphotos
Great find Steve, lovely dof also, and great colour!
MelanieSpeaks
This is amazing…great DOF, I have never seen this before…a very interesting shot!
Joseph Darmenia
Interesting image. Thanks for sharing.
cherylc1
Wow~ awesome!1
Nick Hunt
Ditto! Really well constructed photo.
ElRobbo
What a pearler!
Nicely spotted, and nicely taken, I might add!
Alf Caruana
wonderful find and you’ve done a great job shooting this, well done
Steve Chapple replied
Thanks Alf, been waiting for some new works from you. Am I missing them or have you been away from RB?
Janet Fikar
An absolutely fabulous picture – great composition – nicely done!
Joel Hall
Great shot, love the color in the background!
Angel Warda
so cool…great capture!
George Lenz
interesting story and captured nicely…
Paulette x
Ha, nice one Steve
Benjamin Scheurer
What a fantastic find!
Heather Rivet...
wow never seen anything like that..
linda858100
AWESOME
Carole Brunet
Wow! absolutely stunning and instant favorite. Beautiful colors and compo.
Katagram
too cool !!
Dharna
What a great capture. You’d think that in the beating sun it would be hotter here than on the ground
Steve Chapple replied
Thanks Dharna, yea’h it certainly would be cooler down in the grass but they do this for weeks on end, a couple of times a year!
E.R. Bazor
What a cool capture!
Suzanne D Jaes...
Great shot Steve, A common site around here. Love the composition and that blue sky… :) Suzanne
gerretje24
Really crazy! Great picture. Did the snails all go there by themselves???
Steve Chapple replied
Thanks for visiting, yes they do this themselves, the whole series of posts in this paddock were covered and it happens a couple of times a year!
Stephen Rowsell
this is great, Steve!
SD Smart
Well spotted. I really like your choice of composition.
RoyalFox
haha hat is so uniquly cool :)
Kathy Reid
Wonderful image ~ safety in numbers!!!
Diane Schuster
Fantastic image, I’ve never seen anything like it! Dee
Jeremy1
Great shot Steve.
Nice composition.
Al Bourassa
Hmmmmmmmm, escargots anyone???
Rosalie Scanlon
Great image Steve, how cool.
Karin Taylor
superb take
chijude
It seems that many of our critters do strange and wonderful things … or look strange and wonderful. This covers both beautifully.
LindaR
very interesting ~ what a sight!! well seen and captured xx
Denis Dalby
I’ve seen this phenomenom before. Very wierd.
WendyJC
oh my thats quite a sight!
great capture
Biggzie
This evokes some strong feelings …. like the feeling I want to squash them :)
Very effective image
karenkirkham
Fascinating image
dinghysailor1
absolutely amazing!!
Sensiworld
Great shot !
linifer
excellent shot!!!!!!!!
shanghaiwu
AMAZING IMAGE….this caught my eye/wonderful wonderful image
SaRaHKnOwDoG
So funny to see this. It used to happen every year in my backyard in West Australia.
My poor frangipani never stood a chance ! The handle of my shovel was always wet and crunchy too !! Lil buggers.
Like yr work place comment.
Great capture of something i am glad someone else took notice of.
Why do they do this ? Do you know ?
Jonicool
Wow, this is so cool!
Elana Bailey
What a sight, Steve. Well done.
James Troi
Does seem like a strange thing for the snails to do. Awesome capture of it. Great colours.
lorilee
A wonderful image – very nice!!!!
Mariann Rea
WOW i’m speechless
Dareimages
Great