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Ever lasting love.

Ever lasting love.
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Winner in Natural Illusions Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Shell’s by the shore Photo Challenge
People's Choice in It's the little things that aren't real Photo Challenge
Winner in A SINGLE SHELL Photo Challenge
Winner in Sea Shells Photo Challenge
People's Choice in What Do You See? Photo Challenge
Winner in Día de san Valentín Photo Challenge
Winner in Día de san Valentín Photo Challenge
Winner in Small but special Photo Challenge
Winner in What to Do Photo Challenge
People's Choice in LOVE Photo Challenge
People's Choice in I found this on the beach Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Simply Clever! Photo Challenge
Winner in Heart Shaped Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Love is all around Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Arnaldo Gnone Photo Challenge
Winner in Heart, hearts and more hearts Photo Challenge
Winner in I see a heart ! Hiding in nature or in unusual places Photo Challenge
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Superb Composition
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Top Choice
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Absolute Masterpiece
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Genius
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Happy
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Textures Photo Contest Speed SeriesTop 30 rank
Textures Around Us Photo ContestTop 10 rank
Love Photo Contest 2019Top 30 rank
Love Photo Contest 2019Top 20 rank week 1
Looking Down Photo ContestTop 30 rank week 1
Shells Photo ContestTop 20 rank
Shells Photo ContestTop 20 rank week 1
Symmetry In Nature Photo ContestTop 10 rank
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33 Comments |
SuzMDixon
 
SuzMDixon November 23, 2015
Great composition! There are hearts everywhere on Viewbug today!
Parallel
 
Parallel November 24, 2015
Is it Dutch heart? :)) I think YES! :))
GailsWorld
 
GailsWorld November 25, 2015
Awww I love this!! :-) Beautiful and so well captured.
nina050
 
nina050 November 25, 2015
Great shot!
ShazzyCo
 
ShazzyCo November 27, 2015
This is a love-ly capture
Hood PRO+
 
Hood December 05, 2015
Simple and very effective.....love the detail in the grains of sand...way to go!
KatMorgan
 
KatMorgan December 06, 2015
Nice heart. Good eye, and shot
deelange
 
deelange December 11, 2015
beautiful
MCHpics
 
MCHpics January 03, 2016
Congrats on your win ! Love this simple heart in a shell :)
SuzMDixon
 
SuzMDixon January 03, 2016
Congratulations on your challenge win!
billiefromthebeach
 
billiefromthebeach January 14, 2016
Had to come back and look at this once again, I live at the beach, and collect pebbles off the beach that look like hearts, but this outshines them all, bravo~~~
stevestory
 
stevestory February 19, 2016
Less is more! Beautiful :)
joycealicesmith
 
joycealicesmith April 06, 2016
Congratulations on winning the Challenge!
Bruz Platinum
 
Bruz June 17, 2016
This is so very well done. Love the simplicity and the story.
LensReady
 
LensReady June 25, 2016
A cleverly creative work here! In our hometown we have a lot of mussels and have not taken them into account for creavity.
Natala
 
Natala July 27, 2016
stunningly!
sabinak
 
sabinak August 28, 2016
good idea!
deannefortnam
 
deannefortnam December 10, 2016
Love this!!! great shot
Pjerry
 
Pjerry June 19, 2017
Waar heb ik dit figuurtje eerder gezien.....
Mohan_photos
 
Mohan_photos August 03, 2017
nice
edandaniphone PRO+
 
edandaniphone September 12, 2017
Great shot, Eelco. Congrats on the win!
JayneBug Platinum
 
JayneBug July 07, 2018
Congratulations. I heart you!
tmtburke PRO+
 
tmtburke July 09, 2018
What a unique image, congratulations Eelco.
dkoch28
 
dkoch28 November 08, 2018
Wonderful composition
Deiderz
 
Deiderz August 25, 2019
Love this, thank you for joining my challenge
JayneBug Platinum
 
JayneBug October 15, 2019
Heartfelt. Congratulations on your award.
Joviaal PRO
 
Joviaal October 15, 2019
Hi Eelco, Congrats on your win with your Zeeuwse Roem heart. :-)
KarinSC PRO
 
KarinSC January 03, 2020
I love the clarity of this shot as well as the colors, subject...pretty much everything! Thank you for entering the challenge!
Hood PRO+
 
Hood May 24, 2021
Congratulations on being the winner of my challenge!😊
Free-Spirit
 
Free-Spirit May 24, 2021
Congratulations for your award!!
MyStyleNZ PRO+
 
MyStyleNZ July 04, 2023
Congrats on winning my challenge Natural Illusions 🏆 Brilliant Composition in your Photo, Love It 💖 (pardon the pun 😂)
JayneBug Platinum
 
JayneBug July 04, 2023
Always loved this one. Congratulations on your award Eelco.
Joviaal PRO
 
Joviaal July 04, 2023
Congratulations on your win Eelco.
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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo on a beach in Holland (Hargen) near to the waterline.

Time

It was about one o'clock midday.

Lighting

The sun was slightly covered by thin clouds, I waited until the sun had the right intensity and took a few shots.

Equipment

I have a Lumix DMC-TZ60 and didn't use any extra equipment. It shows that you can take nice photos with a good, simple camera.

Inspiration

I love minimalistic photos, or photos with a singular subject. In this case I liked the difference in structure between the sand and the shiny, polished inside of the mussel shell very much and wanted to show my love for this kind of photography with the heart shape.

Editing

I did a little bit of post-processing by enhancing the depth of color just a fraction and I removed some loose grains of sand from the outside of the shell to put the emphasis on the contrast of structures by showing as much as possible of the lovely blue mother of pearl like inside.

In my camera bag

I don't have any equipment in my bag (yet) I am a beginning photographer and I am learning to use a camera, to look for the good light, composition and point of view. One day when I know how to use and set the camera well enough, I will start to think about a bag filled with technical things instead of the need to understand how it works first...

Feedback

Take the time and effort to look around you and be surprised to find that one can take a nice photo in allmost every square foot anywhere! When I try to take a photo, I allways look at the background as well as my subject. I try to avoid any disturbing items or colors surrounding the main subject in order to get the full focus on it. Crop the photo in different ways, so you can choose the best one the next day when you can have a fresh look at them!

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