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#30 – Redwood Forest Snail

07.30.2010 – 4:44pm – Redwood Grove – f/6.3 – 1/250 -0.33 Canon T1i  – Tamron 18-270 lens

Editing: Camera Raw adjustments on the jpeg: Exposure/clarity/vibrance, Adjustment brush for lighting

Our walk through the Lady Bird Johnson Redwood Grove was full of surprises like this beautiful snail. It is amazing what you can find if you look under a fern or inside a hollow tree trunk. Slugs and snails are plentiful in this moist forest ecosytem.