Seashell (Spondylus Regius aka Regal Thorny Oyster), originally uploaded by mark.mortensen.
A Spondylus Regius otherwise known as a Regal Thorny Oyster seashell isolated on white. I’ve had a collection of seashells from a friend, Dave, for waaaaay too long, like over a year. Bad friend I am keeping them for this long. However, the intention was to photograph a bunch of his shells for my portfolio and also sell as fine art. The shells really haven’t sold as fine art to well in land locked Colorado. So I’m on a quest to find the right market for these images. Dave invited my wife and I up to his place in the mountains at the end of Sept. He also said he wants the shells returned, go figure. Nothing like a deadline to get me to photograph things. Over the last three days I’ve photographed the 41 different shells I had. This is tiny compared to the 1,100 shells in his collection.
Technical Ramblings: Three AlienBee B800s with 7″ reflectors pointed into a large light tent. One Bee behind and one Bee on each side. The shells are sitting on top of some plexi-glass that is on top of some white foam core board to create the natural reflection. To help with the floating effect the lens is on the level with the plexi-glass. Lots-o-Photoshop with the Totally Rad Actions; Oh Snap!, Punch It! and Good vs. Evil (to gradient the reflection to white on the bottom).
Uploaded by mark.mortensen on 2 Sep 09, 9.48PM MDT.
