Thanks to all for the comments and assistance. The examples of scanned shells by
George and Peter are quite convincing; the eBay image was NOT scanned.
IF those are views of the same shell, then it must be as suggested that a wide
angle lens (w/ close-up lenses?) was placed very close, giving the dorsum a
surrealistic, globular shape. Foreshortening would, indeed, have hidden almost
all of the extremities, while likewise exaggerating the extremities in the
basal image.
Like Bob Brenner, my efforts are directed toward representing the shell as
accurately as possible, so I am at the very least bemused by images which
misrepresent. (BTW, I was not, and am not, intending to by any shells, I was
simply 'surfing' eBay.)
Again, thanks for the help.
Bob Dayle
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Quoting DAVID LUM <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> Hello, George,
> I concur with your observations. I still believe the images are of the
> same shell, with the distortions caused by a relatively wide angle
> lens placed close up to the dorsum instead of a scanner.
> Aloha,
> Dave Lum
>
>
>
>
> >From: George Sangiouloglou <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Conchologists List <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Top & bottom view of Golden Cowry...
>
>Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 00:11:28 +0300
> >
> >Dear Dave & friends,
> >As I make all my shell images by scanner I am sure that was not made by
> >scanner as has shadow and the reflections is not that make the scanner.
> >Best regards.
> >George
> >
> >DAVID LUM wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello, Bob,
> > >
> > > I believe that the pictures are of the same specimen. The
> > > images appear to be produced by scanning with a flatbed scanner, which
> > > tends to distort the features of the shell. The basal image is more
> > > indicative of the true outline, since the dorsum has more depth, and
> > > the more depth the scanner needs to take in, the more it warping it
> > > causes. I can send some other examples you can look at if interested.
> > >
> > > I hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Aloha,
> > >
> > > Dave Lum
> > >
> > > Pearl City, HI
> > >
> > >
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