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I was about to enter my greenhouse when I saw this slug dangling from a thread. I had seen this before and knew that it would reach the ground within minutes.

The light was far from good. it was a sunny day but the greenhouse and trees blocked the direct sun from the south and west. I was facing west. With the slug acting rather like a pendulum, when it was not rotating on the axis of the thread of mucus, I had to use wider apertures to avoid motion blur. (It didn't help that the viewfinder diopter adjustment was way out of focus and everything was blurred, urging me to choose an exceptionally, and unnecessary, high ISO).

This is the only image I am reasonably happy with.

Olympus EM-1, Olympus 4/3 50mm f2 macro, 1/500 at f7.1, ISO 1600, hand-held.

Harold





Harold Gough 2017




Aug 16, 2017 at 03:45 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Gyrating Gastropod


Neat shot Harold ~ Ron


Aug 16, 2017 at 07:26 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Gyrating Gastropod


What an interesting shot Harold. I have never seen this behavior. Also, love the background rendering.

Birdie



Aug 16, 2017 at 08:31 AM
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birdied wrote:
What an interesting shot Harold. I have never seen this behavior. Also, love the background rendering.

Birdie


Thanks, Birdie.

I have seen it only once before, more than ten years ago. That was why I was rather rushed in getting it done.

I made another rare and much more attractive subject in the garden today. Watch this space!

Harold



Aug 16, 2017 at 08:47 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Gyrating Gastropod


Looking forward to your new find Harold !

Birdie



Aug 16, 2017 at 09:20 AM
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birdied wrote:
Looking forward to your new find Harold !

Birdie


It might be a bit scary!

Harold



Aug 16, 2017 at 09:23 AM





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