Submitter's name:	Mike Cormier
Title:	Shell Texture
Gear used:	OM-1 + zuiko 50/3.5 + Olympus 14 & 25mm extension tubes, tripod, cable release.
Diaphragm:	f3.5
Shutter speed:	1/15
Film used:	Kodak Tmax 400
Technical information:	I used a big apperture to purposely distort the leading edge of the shell & put focus on the rippley texture of the outer ring. I used ambient spot lamps for lighting with lots of relief offset quite about 60 degrees from the plane of focus. The cable release was used along with mirror lock up to prevent loss of sharpness at high magnification. Sharp focus was painstakingly achieved by moving the shell forward and backward in front of the lens. Subject is less than an inch across.
Subject information:	A seashell I picked up at my parent's beach house in Baie Verte, NB... that's in Canada. I was taken with the texture of the ring surrounding the center of the shell, so I thought I'd dig out my favorite lens: the ol' 50/3.5 macro zuiko & see what I could see.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

This picture reminds me a bit of the shape of the sun, nice!

Comment left by: siddiq (siddim01@student.ucr.edu)

could do double duty as the compressor wheel of a turbocharger, which i thought it was from the thumbnail.

Comment left by: Lex (lexjenkins@hotmail.com)

Another image that could nicely fit into other categories (bokeh, for example). I like the soft focus and, especially, the framing. There's a real dynamic feel to this composition.

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