Wednesday 8 October 2008

The Spider - # 08/237

This spider has been camping in the front garden for over a week. I wanted to photograph its face, but my tripod was not high enough and hand-holding the camera was difficult.

Finally, the spider got fed up with posing nicely and waiting for me. It slunk off into the corner of its web and hid under a leaf. This was the best I could do.

7 comments:

  1. You've still managed a great capture of its beautiful markings and web. I love the depth of field, too.
    This spider's cousins are currently perched in front of my garage door, their two webs covering about a quarter of the top of the entrance. I haven't the heart to disturb them again after having to clear them out a few days ago. . .they just built more elaborate webs. Oh well, Halloween is coming, and we will have very authentic "decorations" for the trick or treaters!
    -Kim
    Seattle Daily Photo

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  2. Beautifully captured. On the one hand Mr Spider doesn't have to worry about the housing crisis...on the other hand, the little guy has to rebuild his house every few days!

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  3. Nice shot but DEAR GOD! I hate them - too scary looking!

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  4. He looks like a turtle (with eight legs).

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  5. Beautiful patterns on the back and such delicacy in the web. Really like the shot - so much detail in the leaves as well. Spiders are such amazing creatures - well, alright, insects.

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  6. Looks like a crab! How come every Brit I have ever met expresses "terror" at the thought of Australian spiders and creepy-crawlies? Looks like there's danger lurking in the bottom of every garden there too!

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