Crab Abstract
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I got distracted while birding yesterday. It happens! 😏
I took this photo from the Briggs Boardwalk, shooting down into the orange-colored water below me. Everything in the water looked orange. Including this Blue Crab who should really be blue/green.
This is the actual photo. I did not do any editing other than darken the exposure a bit to see the crab better. There are no filters applied. With the water’s dancing movement, the reflections of the marsh grasses directly behind the crab and the blue sky created an abstract of interesting lines and colors.
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Blue Crab (orange in color)
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There were several ‘orange’ Blue Crabs running around in the foot of water. With everything laying in the water looking the color orange, I’m guessing there was a high concentration of iron in that specific area. Along the rest of the boardwalk and other water/wetland areas, the rest was the normal dark brown/black, brackish coloring.
I have a fondness for blue crab decor, so I totally love this cool, nature-created abstract!
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Photos by Donna 
It works beautifully!
Thank you, Belinda!
So cool!
Thank you, Irene!
Really nice, love it too.
Thank you, Sel!
Great & Awesome Image Donna! Really “cool” looking!
Thank you, Reed!
A tribute to your photographer’s eye. Brilliant.
Thank you, Tom!
Fascinating photo!
Thank you, Liz!
You have an artistic eye, Donna. Try more of that. You’ll be surprised. Good work! 🙂 👍
Thank you, HJ! I want to return and see this area of water again. I supposed the crabs won’t be there then, lol, but who knows, until I go look?!! 🙂
Oh, it flows in the artistic vein. You’ve found a real nugget of gold.
Thank you, Hans! I thought of you when I downloaded and viewed this photo, I was hoping you’d see it! 🙂
Very cool image, Donna!
Thank you, Eliza!
Very cool, Donna, and great way to be distracted.
Thank you, Ellen! We love cool distractions!
Fascinating foto!
Thank you, Carol!
I love the picture! I guess you could pretend that it is a Sally Lightfoot crab – they are bright orange. I love the abstract pattern and the way the light hits the ripples. I have taken a couple of really neat abstract photos looking straight down into the water and catching the reflection of leaves. It’s always amazing the image that is created.
Thank you, Susan! We laughed while watching three blue crabs, it was like seeing them as cooked/steamed and crawling around. A bit creepy too, but amazing! It is fun to shoot down in the water with ripples. P.S. We are missing our Chesapeake Bay blue crab cakes so bad!
That’s a spectacular photo! Don’t you love the occasional serendipity!
Thank you very much, and oh yes I do! 🙂
This is an awesome photo! Photo art!! 💙
Thank you, Lisa!
Brilliant, Donna! This can adorn your living area 🙂
Thank you, Indira! I’m planning on it, I thinking maybe as a metal print. 🙂
This one is a real art-work.
Thank you, Rudi!
That’s really pretty.
Thank you, Vic!
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Abstract art and kind of trippy. So cool, Donna!
Thank you, Barbara!
The ripples make a beautiful pattern and then surprise! … is that a crab I see?
Thanks Denise, I was trying to stay with the crab and really surprised myself with this shot. 🙂
Great “crabstract” photo, Donna!
Thank you very much!!
Love the colours and movement!
Thank you!