Ah, the golden ratio. There are numerous examples of it in nature – from the arrangement of the seeds in a sunflower to the shapes of galaxies! Here’s a link on the internet about other examples internet link.
Anyway, I always wanted to try focus-stacking software. As you can see in the image below, you don’t get much depth of field when you are a foot away using a close-up macro lens. In order to get the entire seashell in focus I had to shoot 10 images with different focussing points and combine them together using HeliconFocus software …
Here is the final result …
Here is an animated gif of the ten images …
Finally, a large version …
