Monomad - Beautiful Little Snail on a Leaf

This is my entry for the #monomad challenge curated by @monochromes today.

Yesterday afternoon at the beginning of the new year 2024 I went on a trip to one of the orange groves in my area, even though I travel far I always carry a macro lens in a small bag because we never know what we will find when we make the trip.

While I was picking oranges, I saw a small snail sleeping on the leaf

In a narrow area, I tried to pull out the leaf and touch the snail's shell and slowly the snail started to come out of the shell and I managed to take a funny shot

I also took the side part where I saw mucus starting to come out slowly as the snail expelled its body

These snails are usually found in the leaf area of ​​orange trees and lime trees, they are smaller than normal snails, have a brown shell and a yellow line on the front

The most difficult thing in photographing a snail is getting a focused shot of its eyes which are very small, only a black speck at the tip and its movements are so fast, slowly it starts to reveal its whole body and you can clearly see its soft, mucous-filled and patterned skin. with small wrinkles

This snail is included in the snail family Partula Its eyes also look perfect and I just noticed that there is a slight curve at the bottom of its eyes

I was curious about the two parts under his eyes, which were clearly visible when I placed the leaf and he started to come down from the leaf area

Camera	Poco x3 Pro
Location	Aceh, Indonesia
Category	Macro photography
Editing	Lightroom
Objeck	animal
Photographer	@vikar