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Those are real, living starfish on me! The tide was so low this day that Alex and I could just walk right around the rock formations that we had had to climb over in the past to get to our favorite spot.
We spent the day taking photos and exploring the tide pools, and there were starfish everywhere! Alex managed to find a couple of loose ones that weren't attached to any rocks, so we shot with them and then put them back where we found them. We had to shoot this quickly, though, because if we left them on my skin or hair for too long they would start to attach themselves and they were pretty painful to pull off.

Comments and faves

  1. autumninvading-, Oliver Charles, Balyak, Life-Behind-The-Lens, and 509 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. KeyChild (14 months ago | reply)

    Oooh! I love this. Especially the one on your head. You're really brave for putting real starfish on you.

  3. Nick and the Whale (14 months ago | reply)

    I was about to say your editing was flawless with the starfish, then I read the description. That's crazy. All I can say.

  4. Marwane Pallas (14 months ago | reply)

    They look like the most sophisticated lace inlaid with pearls. It's very beautiful

  5. Tamara Will (14 months ago | reply)

    Wow, this is amazing!

  6. Ella Ormerod Photos (14 months ago | reply)

    Those starfish are awesome! Beautiful photo

  7. tara-gulwell (14 months ago | reply)

    you just keep getting more and more amazing.

  8. emylily (14 months ago | reply)

    whooooot! just amazing '!!

  9. fesign (14 months ago | reply)

    awesome work! :)

  10. Madeline RM (14 months ago | reply)

    This is amazing. The starfish where I live are skinny little things, these though are amazing!

  11. ScottS101 (14 months ago | reply)

    Tube feet are strong!

  12. ⚡Jamie⚡ (14 months ago | reply)

    Oh wow.
    This is absolutely amazing :]

  13. damienmuckle (14 months ago | reply)

    This is amazing! I love your expression and the starfish!

  14. Molly Strohl (14 months ago | reply)

    starfish kind of scare me....... THAT ONE ON YOUR HEAD. lksdhgjkifoedkls

  15. Meg Hartley (14 months ago | reply)

    seriously?
    you are just
    blerrhdfl
    ^ i have no words.
    this blew. me. away.

  16. {Anaka}Mo (14 months ago | reply)

    this is sooo awesome!

  17. Caitlyn Park (14 months ago | reply)

    That's incredible!!
    Love it!

  18. Olivia Paige. (14 months ago | reply)

    oh my god this is awesome!

  19. Abigail G. (14 months ago | reply)

    This is incredibly beautiful. The fact that the starfish are really is the perfect touch.

  20. ( Nicole ) (14 months ago | reply)

    Omg, those things look creepy! And I could not imagine having one stuck on me! :O

  21. orinoko42 (14 months ago | reply)

    Astonishingly sharp and saturated. Instant fave!

  22. A1 Izzy Nguyen (14 months ago | reply)

    This is beyond amazing.

  23. Snowflakesarewhite (14 months ago | reply)

    You are so brave.

  24. lenju4 (14 months ago | reply)

    OMG! I can't believe they're real!! :) Awesome work!

  25. ...cathérine (14 months ago | reply)

    Oh my gosh! This is absolutely adorable! LOVE IT!

  26. Becky Netley (14 months ago | reply)

    wow!!! those starfish are beautiful

  27. CI ! (14 months ago | reply)

    wuaaa!! is awesome

  28. Andrew Speight // speightphoto.com (14 months ago | reply)

    surreal is the perfect word. very interesting

  29. Carlos Castañeda' (14 months ago | reply)

    So so amazing! love the stars!

  30. Mario Torres Lázaro (14 months ago | reply)

    You are unique! You amazed me a lot

  31. CatherineMacgeorge (14 months ago | reply)

    Wow, brilliant composition and I love the colour contrast with the skin also :)

  32. elicia moose (14 months ago | reply)

    freaky and awesome!

  33. briannicklaus (14 months ago | reply)

    this is beautiful!!! Incredible idea! The starfish really add a lot the this!

  34. Pamela Bevelhymer (14 months ago | reply)

    What a fun picture to look at. Sweet!!!!

  35. Aaron Sehmar (14 months ago | reply)

    haha.. starfish!

    good idea to grab what you can!

  36. Pablo Poulain (14 months ago | reply)

    the stars are everything

  37. andreaoldham11 (14 months ago | reply)

    how did you do this? its so cool)!_(@*&

  38. Alain ♥ (14 months ago | reply)

    Stunning ! Bravo !

  39. Samantha Nandez Photography (14 months ago | reply)

    You two ;) Love this.

  40. mlartigue (14 months ago | reply)

    woow!! pretty amazing!

  41. Pimthida (14 months ago | reply)

    wow, that's so awesome :)

  42. rischmauers (14 months ago | reply)

    Damn your incredible!! lovee the depth and the setting!!

  43. Rob Woodcox (14 months ago | reply)

    DUDE DUDE DUDE I have always wanted to hold a starfish! So lucky :D Definitely made for a gorgeous image!

  44. André Varela (14 months ago | reply)

    Wow.....i have no words for this...Just...Wow

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