Arachnids
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Huntsman spider resting on a red gum
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Female brazilian wolf spider
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A jumping spider from my garden. / This was used for the cover of a program in Europe for spiders of the world exhibition.
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Found this tiny spider tucked in the petal of this flower awaiting his prey. /
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I imagine a spider’s view of the world…. / / Taken on family property in Pomona Park, FL
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This was an interesting photoshoot. A friend of mine caught this Trapdoor spider in his house. He called me to let me know. I couldn’t make it there that day and I forgot about it. He called me a few days later to tell me that he was about to let the Spider go. Not wanting to waste an opportunity, I headed up to his house. We released the Spider on his carpet (they are not very fast moving, particularly when they have been in a jar for a few days – he did feed it though) and I took a few photos. I wasn’t getting the result I wanted. We moved a pencil around near the front of it as this type of Spider (and others in the Mygalomorph family which includes the Sydney Funnel Web Spider) raise up their front legs and sometimes hold the position before they strike. When they do strike, it is a repeated downwards motion as this type of strike is the most effective given the orientation of their fangs. I thought that placing the Spider on his glass coffee table may yield a more interesting result. We moved the Spider there in a jar and placed it on the coffee table. I still wasn’t getting the reflection I wanted. My friend then suggested a mirror – he had one that was small enough to be moved, but big enough to allow the Spider to move on it – this was perfect. We moved the pencil around in front of the Spider again until it held it’s pre-attack position. I took a few shots whilst it was in this position. It attacked the pencil a few times, but soon realised that its attempts were fruitless. We released the Spider unharmed after the photoshoot. :)
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I’ve fallen in love with these little guys, so I apologise for yet another image of a jumping spider, but I can’t help it. By the way, that’s my reflection in his eyes (well, my macro lens anyway).
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I was exploring an abandoned farmhouse and I came across this web on the front porch. / / Visit my website On The Rock Photography / / The Tragic History Behind These Shots / / More In This Series / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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If you don’t already know, I have this weird (at least I’m told) Obsession with arachnids. I think they are one of the most beautiful and amazing creatures. I have been trying and trying to get a good shot of one, but since I don’t have a macro lense yet, it’s been difficult. I used my 4x zoom filters, which usually turn out blurry, but this one turned out great, in my opinion. And the fact that I caught this lovely lady on a white background, with the shadow she cast! What luck! Let me tell you, she did NOT want to pose for me. I had to keep nudging her to get out of the ball she formed. After this shot she just froze for well over an hour. Poor thing, I scared to death! I believe this gal is a “Barn Spider” ie. Araneus cavaticus / I think this makes such a cool looking card! LOL
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A piece of beach art created by the elements, and lit by a setting sun.
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A close up look at a Jumping spider
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“Nature is neither kind nor cruel. Nature just is.” (Sir David Attenborough) THE SUBJECT: / The title is apt as I photographed this little Diaea evanida (Flower Spider) as she was preparing her catch, an Apis mellifera (European Honey Bee), for dinner around 5pm on a mid-spring day. / The flower is a Actinotus helianthi (Flannel Flower), an iconic Aussie wildflower. THE LOCATION: / The shot was made while on a solo wildflower safari at Grant’s Head, Bonny Hills, NSW, Australia. THE MAKING of ‘Dinner at Five 2/2’: / I was all twisted up like a pretzel as I tried to get a good angle of shot under the flower, set the metering, get the focus and frame the shot while my subject was trying to get away from me and my Fuji. There was a price to pay. I got a tick under my watchband. I didn’t notice it until after I got home and it was a minor operation to dig it out intact. / The trick with the exposure was to meter off the very bright Flannel Flower and lock it then focus on the subject and use the flash to compensate and fill shadows. / Fuji S9600: RAW, Manual settings of f/3.6 @ 1/400sec, Manual focus, Pop-up flash at lowest power, Hand held. / Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Insects & Spiders collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more multi-legged critters. UPDATE: / 13-01-09 / The judge for the Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club December 2008 Open Competition awarded my spider ‘n’ bee a Merit Certificate in the Large Colour Print section. UPDATE: / 19-03-09 / My bee munchin’ Arachnid has been featured in the Arachnids Group. Enjoy! HYMENOPTERA & SPIDERS HYMENOPTERA / (Click the links!) Apis mellifera & Thomisus spectabilis / Apis mellifera & Thomisus spectabilis / Apis mellifera / Apis mellifera & Protea / Apis mellifera & Lagunaria bracteata / Trigona carbonaria & Onopordum acanthium / Trigona carbonaria, Apis mellifera & Nymphaea violacea / / Polistes humilis / SPIDERS / (Click the links!) Argiope keyserlingi / Deinopis subrufa / Araneus bradleyi / Nephila plumipes / Nephila plumipes / Nephila plumipes / Diaea evanida – Last Stand / Diaea evanida / Diaea evanida / Tetragnatha sp /
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This was a tiny little spider (about 5mm long) just minding its own business on my kitchen window… The late morning light shining right through! :) I see her regularly there and she’s now an honorary pet alongside the guinea pigs, dog, fish and hamsters :) Named after the nursery rhyme: “Incy Wincy spider, climbed up the water spout…” [Milton Keynes, UK] ((Konica-Minolta 5D, Kit 18-70 lens @60mm, f:8, 1/8 sec, ISO 80, EV +0.3. +3 close-up filter. Curves & cropping in PS)
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Green lynx spiders don’t build a web, they are hunters. / Camera: Nikon D50, Lens: Tamron 90 mm 1:2.8. / As of Nov 22, 2009: 154 views. Featured in Arachnids: March, 2009. Featured in Animal Photography: May, 2009. Featured in Made by Nature: June, 2009.
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A wolf in wolf’s clothing. I was at home in Kallaroo, Western Australia, watching cricket on TV. I do a lot of that; at least according to Carol I do! Australia was losing so I was getting restless. I noticed this Wolf Spider over by the fireplace, eyeing me up. They are a fierce and feisty lot, the Wolf Spiders, and fearless hunters. We share our house with several of these. They mostly allow us the run of the place, but occasionally they get a bit grumpy as this one did after suffering numerous ocular assaults from my flash unit from a range of, oh, all of two inches. He was quite docile for a while; just sat there and let me take pic after pic. But then he started to get a bit angry and agressive. He charged me a couple of times and then started chasing me around the family room. Every time I changed direction he followed me. At one point he actually leapt in the air trying to get to me. No matter that he was about the size of an Aussie fifty cent piece, he was gonna get me no matter what. After a while I was able to appeal to his better nature and eventually he calmed down. Well, let’s be honest, I ran away and he forgot about me. By the time I returned and caught him in a sandwich box and ejected him from the house (wife’s orders) we were back on friendly terms. Of course he’s got plenty of mates around the house, so we’ll have to be on the lookout in case they start plotting The Arachnid’s Revenge. Anyone for a horror movie?
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a haunting silhouette in the tall reeds steadily stalking any prey of which unluckily passes his way. /
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Stepping Out / 2B and 6B pencil on fine tooth paper —-—-—-—-—-—— / Also available as a design on tees /
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This little jumping spider is a female Green Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon). These hunt in gardens, in low bushes, and like most insects. Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Canon 5D Mk II, 65mm, 5x.. Available large, and best appreciated large!
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My earlier in the summer find of that very cool white/transparent flower crab spider that everyone loved so much even when creeped out had babies!! Or at least had ONE baby that I found today on the last rose of the season!! I know that it isn’t the same one because it is smaller and the red pattern on it’s back is lighter. I must admit it scared the living $x%x* out of me as I was reaching to hold the rose still for a few closeup and he crawled out on the petal right in front of my nose! I am just glad that he hung on when I let the branch go!! LOL Gave me a chance to catch my breath before the shoot started:) Loving the new Canon 500D and my new Sigma 70mm EX DG Macro lens!! / Taken in Airdrie, Alberta Canada Sept 14th at 6:15pm MST Featured in: Super Macro Photography and Extreme Closeups and In The Pink /
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With light you weave your lines and thread / from which to hang something…. dead.
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Detail of the Lafayette Galleries, Paris. Finished Edit : 00:08 GMT Many thanks to the Shapes and Patterns group for the feature (October 2009). Many thanks to the Insomniacs and Other Night Crawlers group for the feature (October 2009). Many thanks to the Architectural Details / group for the feature (December 2009).
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Nature’s eight-legged artist had been very busy creating this abstract pattern for all art lovers to enjoy. This closeup image was taken with a Canon EOS 10D through a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro prime lens. The shutter speed was 1/3rd sec at f/8, no flash. The camera’s ISO was set to 400. A Manfrotto tripod was used with a remote shutter release. Your comments are always welcome! Constructive criticism is appreciated. © 2009 Gene Walls All copyright and reproduction rights are retained by the artist. Artwork may not be reproduced or altered by any process without the express written permission of the artist. Featured in “Color Me A Rainbow (Green)”
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My favorite little furry friend at Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium (Up Delhi Rd from Chatswood, NSW). He even let me stroke his cute little head after the session. A very personable little spider indeed. Canon 5D2 + MPE 65mm @ 3.5x / F/13, ISO-800, 1/200sec + ringflash. Auto-tone and Camera Faithful preset in Lightroom. Sharpening in Photoshop using the High-Pass sharpen (USM) and Linear Light blend method. Tweaked Shadows / Highlights to bring out its blues and bright orange. It was sitting on a small leaf towards the centre of a rose bush, as I pushed the front of the lens and ringflash mount through the foliage to snap him, I have some how lost the light from the bottom half of the ring flash. If you look at the reflection in its eyes, you can see the ringflash pushed hard up against the leaf it is sitting on producing an erie, almost lunar landscape look in its eyes. The blue flecks were present in the raw image, though not very pronounced. Usually I use the Lightroom Tone Curve control, however this time, since I was already in Photoshop, I used the Shadows/Highlights adjustment panel to good effect. I must say that this spider was either ultra confident at an escape route if need be, or it was just too damned hot to bother, as there were many times that the ringflash came to grief on thorns and the whole plant shook but this little guy just waited patiently for the next shot. Maybe he remembered me from yesterday when I hounded him up the side of a tree trying to get a shot and surmised that he’d better just let me have my fun then maybe I’d leave him alone – which I did! According to December 2009 BubbleWrap, this is my most popular image to date! Thanks to everyone who has liked this image. It was a special moment… one of those “extremely lucky shots”. Thank God we sometimes have moments like that!
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