snail shepherd (3)
This summer, I met snails only once, when I came for 2 days to my countryside house cottage. But I used this opportunity to the maximum: I met every snail I met for almost an hour: on strawberry leaves, on a mossy stump, and on mushrooms. I count it "portrait in the interior."
Этим летом я встретил улиток только один раз, когда приехал провести уикенд на своей даче. Зато эту возможность я использовал по максимуму: каждую из встреченных улиток я пас почти час времени: на листьях клубники, на мшистом пне, и на грибах. Я называю это "портрет в интерьере".
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The sun was shining through the leaves, the wind kept moving both the trees and the leaves, as well as the clouds, so the illumination was pretty dynamic. Look at two photos taken with the same settings, but what a big difference! By the way, this snail is crawling across the mushroom, too.
Cолнце светило сквозь листья на деревьях, ветер все время двигал и деревья с листьями, и облака, поэтому освещенность была не стабильной, но динамичной. Вот две фотографии, снятые с одинаковыми настройками и интервалом в пару секунд -- но смотрите, какая большая разница!
I was especially lucky with puff-mushrooms. Sunlight was falling exactly at the mushroom, leaving everything else in the shade, and highlighting snails inner textures in a great way; the snail was in no hurry, so I took plenty of beautiful shots.
Особенно мне повезло с грибами-дождевиками. Солнечный свет падал как раз на гриб, оставляя в тени все остальное, дивно подсвечивая ее внутренности, улитка никуда не спешила, и я сделал много красивых снимков.
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a few details from mythology
In general, the snail is seen as the son of a crocodile, snake and dragon. Snails always were filled with meanings, that quite mutated through the time. And the self-evident “slowness” is by no means the first on this list of symbols! In ancient times (Egypt, Babylon) they were a symbol of eternity, the moon and fertility. In Buddhism, the shell of a snail is a time frozen on the body of a living being, and the snail itself is a personified patience and perseverance. Also it is one of three symbols of victory in the fight against misunderstandings and conflicts. According to Feng Shui -- snails are a vivid symbol of peace and tranquility, as well as "success in achieving the goal". (Do you want your dreams come true? wanna get some harmony in your life, wealth, success? Decorate your house with a lot of snails).
В целом, улитка рассматривается как сын крокодила, змеи и дракона. Улитка наполнена всяческими смыслами! И самоочевидное "символ медлительности" -- отнюдь не первое в этом списке. В древности (в Египте и Вавилоне) они были символом вечности, луны и плодородия. В буддизме раковина улитки — это застывшее на теле живого существа время, а сама улитка — олицетворенное терпение и настойчивость. Это один из трех символов победы в борьбе с недоразумениями и конфликтами. Согласно фен-шуй - яркий символ умиротворения и спокойствия, а также успех в достижении цели. (Хотите добиться исполнения желаний, гармонии в жизни, быстрейшего достижения богатства? украсьте свой дом улитками).
In medieval Europe, they personified sin and laziness (as born from a mud and feed on it). During the Renaissance, they symbolized modesty (grape snails lock up themselves in their sink with a calcareous lid and break it to come back to light, after winter cold or a drought - that's why they also personified the rebirth of Christ). Any snail also symbolizes the motto "I carry all of my stuff with me".
В средневековой Европе они олицетворяли грех и лень (так как рождены из грязи и питаются ею). Во время эпохи Возрождения они символизировали скромность (виноградные улитки закрываются в своей раковине известковой крышкой и ломают ее, а после зимнего холода или засухи снова выходят на свет -- поэтому они олицетворяли возрождение Христа). Улитка символизирует и девиз «Все своё ношу с собой».
Here is a small essay where you can learn more about snails and their symbolizm: http://light-guess.livejournal.com/453324.html
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also, I provide this for AmazingNature challenge by @adalger. the snails are truly one of the greatest creations of mother nature! the process of shooting them is as endless, as the spiral of their shell.
Great macro series!
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BEERfor you. Enjoy it!These snails are so cute and tiny..! We have quite big ones here, unfortunately for them, french people are eating them 😒
I also love to photograph them, because they are so easy to catch...LoL no need to run after them 😄
I enjoy painting them too 😉
I have learnt a lot about them in your post indeed ^_^
exactly so! this is one of the reasons why they are a nice, one of the favourites, objects for macro shooting (along with mushrooms).
and they really are photogenic, and looking coll and touchy - at the drawings and at the pictures. could you direct me to your snails drawings post, if there is one?
These are all old posts, so don't waste upvotes on them, ok ? 😉
you have this one :
https://steemit.com/art/@barbara-orenya/snails-doodle-painting-eng-fr and inside of which you will find a link to another snail painting one, quite the same but different 😉
https://steemit.com/art/@barbara-orenya/how-cool-is-that-to-have-an-artist-as-godmother-de-l-avantage-d-avoir-une-marraine-artiste-eng-fr
https://steemit.com/art/@barbara-orenya/snails-meeting-the-finished-painting-reunion-d-escargot-le-tableau-termine-eng-fr ---> this one has also a link to the snail post I had made just before
Enjoy ! ^_^
sure thing, I am not that new here (wink, wink)
thank you for your time; I will look at them closely tomorrow, instead of my job, hehe :D
Hello @qwerrie these are one of the publications that I enjoy the most because your images are great and let my imagination fly with your writings, as I say, look through the words.
Best regards.
grand merci.
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They are the cutest snails ever!
a cutest sons of a crocodile, snake and dragon..
yes :))))
Haha... that's so true!
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The lazy sinful snails lol 😆
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