Hand up, who DIDN’t play with rolly-pollys (rolie-polies?) aka pillbugs as a kid? Pill woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare) is a crustacean – so technically it’s a land dwelling shrimp… I guess…
One blue shrimp escapes from a bowl. (Isolated on a white background).
Lisa C. Weber ©2008 (Created with Bryce 6.1) Visit My Complete Bubble for all My 3D Artwork. Thanks for dropping by and enjoy!
Lisa C. Weber ©2008 (Created with Bryce 6.1) Visit My Complete Bubble for all My 3D Artwork. Thanks for dropping by and enjoy!
Oil painting digitally altered to form new image.
A crab in the mangroves
The regular diet of a Pelican usually consists of fish, but they also eat amphibians, crustaceans and on some occasions, smaller birds.They often catch fish by expanding the throat pouch. Then they must drain the pouch above the surface before they can swallow. This operation takes up to a minute, during which time other seabirds are particularly likely to steal the fish. The white pelicans often fish in groups. They will form a line to chase schools of small fish into shallow water, and then simply scoop them up. Large fish are caught with the bill-tip, then tossed up in the air to be caught and slid into the gullet head first.
I like the / shell like / rose petals / overlapped / as if holding / protecting / sheltering a precious jewel / or home to a hidden creature / like a shell plays host / is a house / for a crustacean a beautiful rose / transformed before my eyes / petals morph from soft to hard / from opening and displaying / to hiding and holding a shell-like shelter better when viewed large
The first of my pics from my trip to Christmas Island last week. Get ready for lots of crab and bird pics! One of the 14 million famous red crabs from Christmas Island climbs a tree in the jungle. Taken with a Canon 5D and 24-105mm lens @ 105mm, f4, ISO 1000, 1/15th sec, handheld
Macro shot of coral. Canon G9 FEATURED in SEA (01 24 09) Many thanks. / FEATURED in Lines (01 25 09) Much appreciated. / FEATURED in Going Coastal (02 12 09) Thank you! / TOP TEN placement in Shapes and Patterns Challenge, Patterns on Coral/Fish/Marine Life, December 2009
Canon G9 FEATURED in NATURE’S WONDERS (02 14 09)
© Copyright 2008 Andrew Trevor-Jones Spider crab, probably Oncinopus sp., at Steve’s Bommie, Ribbon Reef #3, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Depth: 11.5 metres. Nikon D300, Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D, Ikelite housing and flat port, 2 x DS125 strobes. ISO 200, 1/200s, f/16
Image from shooutout in Julian Rocks – Byron Bay. Part of the trip I did in April 2009.
from a late night inky doodle, with layers of photographed foil, colored and held together by photoshop.
LMHO…...I made this a while ago. It made me giggle so much I doubted whether or not it was worth uploading. But I still like it and it’s still making me giggle, so maybe there’s something to it. Enjoy!
The first of a two part series of staged shots of unusual and very textural seashells. I arranged the shells on two pieces of matt black sketch paper to photograph them and they are untouched captures.
The second in a two part series of staged shots of unusual and very textural seashells. I arranged the shells on two pieces of matt black sketch paper to photograph them and they are untouched captures.
If I was a hermit crab, / I’d hide inside your hand, / you could lead me to waters edge, / but I’d stay with you on the sand. Charcoal and soft pastel on paper. ‘09
A traditional Japanese prawn or shrimp emblem. You can see other products with this design at my Zazzle store.
Final of 4 digital artworks created for a WWF FDC envelope issue. / A single word of advice to anyone who is lucky enough to be able to paint freely and with expression, who wishes they could paint ‘photographically’ like this. / Don’t! / This piece took the best part of 3 days to paint and when you consider that when printed it will only be / 75mmx75mm (4”x4”) across, you have to ask yourself (as I did frequently while I was doing it) ‘Why bother?’ Good question and one I don’t really have an answer for , other than to paraphrase Barack Obama: ‘Because I can’. / Not really a good enough reason, is it….
Woodlice need moisture because they breathe through gills, called pseudotrachea, and so are usually found in damp, dark places, such as under rocks and logs. They are usually nocturnal and are detritivores, feeding mostly on dead plant matter, although they have been known to feed on cultivated plants, such as ripening strawberries and tender seedlings. Woodlice then recycle the nutrients back into the soil. Some species of woodlouse are able to roll into a ball-like form when threatened by predators, leaving only their armoured back exposed. This ability, or dominant behavior, explains many of the woodlouse’s common names. / Tilburg Netherlands / Featured in 1:1 Macro Photography November 2009 / Spotlight of The Day Bug Hunt Group November 2009
During the red crab migration on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean Territories, Australia, the male crabs head from the jungle to the beach first. They climb anything in their path and sometimes stop along the way to wait for rain… their journey can take weeks and they are better off hydrated. After rain the crabs emerge again in mass numbers. When they reach the ocean they dig burrows and wait for the females arrive a few weeks later. When they do, the crabs mate and the males then head back into the jungle. Waiting for the right moon cycle, the females raise thir claws to the sky and do a kind-of dance, shaking their eggs into the sea. Exactly 28 days later, tiny baby red crabs emerge. This migration sparks off a chain of well timed events, with whale sharks arriving to feed on the crab eggs and baby red crabs. How the whale sharks know when to arrive is a mystery….how the crabs synchronise their entire migration is fascinating. They use the cycles of the moon as their clock, and the weather as their aide. Taken with Canon 5D and 24-105mm lens @ 32mm, f8, ISO 320, 1/1250th sec, handheld.
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