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Pink conch


Pink conch
Photo Information
Copyright: Silvia Flores (sflores) Silver Note Writer [C: 3 W: 1 N: 28] (107)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-12-03
Categories: Molluscs
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-06-28 14:27
Viewed: 1703
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
When I was seated in the beach of Xcalac, I couldn't avoid to take this photo of the "corpse" of an strombus giga, the common names for Strombus gigas are queen conch, pink conch, caracol reina, caracol rosa, caracol rosado, caracol de pala, cobo, botuto, guarura, and lambí, Is an important fisheries species that has been over-harvested in many locations.
Xcalak is a tiny fishing hamlet surrounded by marshes and located on the southern end of the Mayan Coast, known in Spanish as Costa Maya.
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Nice POV...I like the pastels in the BG...Good focus, DOF and detail...TFS
Jim

Hi Silvia,
A very beautiful conch. BG is also nice. Well taken shot. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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