I'm not a big fan of black and white photos, but love your shades of gray. Is this called 'Queen Anne's Lace?' At first, I thought that was a 'frond' unfolding (on top), then realized it might be a snail?
These make such a wonderful subject. We have them here and they are now nicely dried out, I'll have to wait till the weather cools a little though before I capture them on camera.