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29-JUN-2008

Fishing Spider with Dragonfly

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These large spiders inhabit cypress trees that grow surrounded by water. They sit motionless waiting for an unsuspecting dragonfly to land and then move with astonishing speed to capture their prey.

Canon EOS 30D
1s f/16.0 at 300.0mm iso100 full exif

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Jude Haase01-Jul-2008 03:13
Very nice David!! You wasn't lying when you said you were getting a backed off low view!! You must have been in the water for this one!! ;)