It’s run before but it’s possibly my favorite shadow photo, a Rusty Millipede crossing a dirt road late in the afternoon.
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Cast a giant shadow
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It looks so much bigger than I think it actually is.
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Indeed. It was probably no more than two inches long.
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Lordy, that’s a fair size.
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Not too big around though. The centipedes here can be over a foot long!
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That’s gross, Graham. At least you can see them easily.
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A great macro Graham
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Thanks Brian. I’m very fond of this photo!
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Brill
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This is one cool worm! And ”Cast a giant shadow” is good life advice, too. Don’t be a sailor, be the captain, like they very sagely sing in La Bamba
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The headline is a 1960s movie title, which I thought fitting.
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If someone just saw the shadow, it would seem to be from a much larger creature. 😉
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Indeed! It was the right time of day for it.
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incredible how you manage to capture the shadows of its legs – how many does it have by the way as I’ve learnt today not one has exactly 1000 and most have less than 500?!
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Right place, right time. I was down on my knees in the dirt so that the leg shadows could be seen. No idea on the number of legs though. I forgot to count them!
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what we do in the name of photography!
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I’m on my knees for photography fairly often!
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now that could be taken the wrong way!!
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I don’t know what you mean!
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hmmmmmm 😉
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and there’s always next time to count 😉
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