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
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>Subject: Re: Top & bottom view of Golden Cowry...
>Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 00:11:28 +0300
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>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
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>DAVID LUM wrote:
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> >
> > 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.
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> > Aloha,
> >
> > Dave Lum
> >
> > Pearl City, HI
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> >
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