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TomaS
Oct-06-2006, 08:13 PM
This guy is literally right outside my door. It had a beautiful orb shaped web and is one of the strangest spiders I have ever seen.

I took these with my new 18-200 VR Nikkor, hand held at 1/80 sec.
Cropped and sharpened a tad.

http://tomsprophoto.smugmug.com/photos/100530300-L.jpg

http://tomsprophoto.smugmug.com/photos/100530316-L.jpg
Charla
Oct-06-2006, 08:20 PM
I really like the perspective and DOF on the first shot. :thumb That really is a strange looking little fella!

Nice work :D
Forehead
Oct-06-2006, 09:56 PM
Looks like a chunk of Sargassum seaweed!
Skippy
Oct-07-2006, 05:00 AM
This guy is literally right outside my door. It had a beautiful orb shaped web and is one of the strangest spiders I have ever seen.

I took these with my new 18-200 VR Nikkor, hand held at 1/80 sec.
Cropped and sharpened a tad.



Hi Thomas, I believe this spider is called an ORB WEAVER.
Quite a spikey looking fellow isn't he :D if the birds don't get him, you'll be able to take more shots of him ......... thanks for sharing.
Skippy (Australia)
Awais Yaqub
Oct-07-2006, 09:08 AM
:DWow handheld great closeups !
saurora
Oct-07-2006, 09:23 AM
Really great angle on the web in the first shot! :thumb
TomaS
Oct-07-2006, 01:28 PM
Thanks guys and gals for the the feedback.

This critter has me fascinated, so I tried to get a better shot today. Even fed it a fresh fly to get the critter to pounce on it. And pounce it did! Had it wrapped up and back in the corner of the web in less than a minute. Meanwhile I am shooting with my new lens like crazy and am excited about what I THINK I got. Then I remembered that I turned off the VR off last night while doing tripod shots. DOH!

So this is the best I could do today. I will try again tomorrow when the sun strikes the web in morning.

The grab - seems to be laughing. Looks like a jack-o-lantern.
Or Ross Perot:D
http://tomsprophoto.smugmug.com/photos/100663450-M.jpg

Back in the corner with dinner
http://tomsprophoto.smugmug.com/photos/100663497-M.jpg
Joan
Oct-07-2006, 06:04 PM
The grab - seems to be laughing. Looks like a jack-o-lantern.
Or Ross Perot:D
http://tomsprophoto.smugmug.com/photos/100663450-M.jpg

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Oh, that is SO funny! Great photo! Great spider!