Gabriela Herman, Photographer, New York

Description

An extreme close-up shot shows the tail of a dead slipper lobster, from a top-down perspective. The lobster displays muted coloring of green, orange, and purple along its segmented body. The texture of the lobster shell is rough, appearing dried out, in contrast to the fine texture of the dark, coarse sand on which it lays. The lighting is bright and direct, creating strong shadows that define the lobster's form and add depth to the surrounding sand. The composition focuses entirely on the lobster tail.