Of course I went to the beach to catch the awesome vistas of ocean and sky, but I could not resist this little tableau of achievement. Kind of a visual parable 🙂 Of course that is not what I saw in the shot at the time. I saw the texture of the stone, the shape of the snail shells, the pattern of their placement, and took the shot. Only now, in reflection, do I see the parable. It is all good.

Canon SX40HS at 840mm equivalent field of view. Program with iContrast and – 1/3EV exposure compensation. f5.8 @ 1 /800th @ ISO 100.

Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.