Hi Friends,

I took the original photos of this beautiful angel wing shell six or seven years ago, but had not printed it. I was browsing through the files and this one hit me as one I needed to work on. Rather than a straight print ,I decided to give it an oil filter effect in Photoshop. After a half-hour or so of tweaking, this image was the final result. It is a softened, stylized " brushstroke" look that really shows to best effect is a larger size that here on the website. But you get the idea: pretty shell, dappled sunlight through shallow water, one of nature's small miracles.

I hope you enjoy it,