Sea Urchin

Sea Urchin [43/366], a photo by timsackton on Flickr.

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I was feeling kind of uninspired yesterday so my wife suggested shooting something with texture (good idea!) so I settled on this sea urchin shell she found while snorkeling in the Caribbean during our vacation in the Turks and Caicos last year. I spent a while trying to get the lighting right - this is shot on a mirror with a window camera right letting in natural light, and a piece of white cardboard serving as a reflector camera left. I wanted to try to emphasize the texture of the shell, but adding additional light threw off the white balance so this is as good as I could get without real lighting gear.