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11-AUG-2010 Christine Hanrahan

Black and yellow argiope, female Argiope aurantia

This masked figure is actually the pattern on the abdomen of a very large orb weaving spider (Argiope aurantia). I cropped the photo and reduced the yellow of the abdomen behind the black pattern, to a faint tinge.

More entries in this challenge here: http://form.pbase.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=44344&p=311351#p311351

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
1/80s f/3.2 at 5.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Dan the Man10-Jan-2012 01:27
That is a GREAt way to scare birds! Bravo!!
PauloCGama13-Aug-2010 18:43
Creative, different and wonderful!! VV
LynnH13-Aug-2010 17:44
Were you photographing with a microscope? This is so creative!!! V
princess13-Aug-2010 14:37
Very creative. Excellent work. BV
Yvonne13-Aug-2010 11:32
Wonderful creation & presentation!
Mieke WA Minkjan13-Aug-2010 07:17
cool processing, very creative V
Cindi Smith13-Aug-2010 03:27
Kinda weird looking. You find the most cool things!
Gillian13-Aug-2010 01:23
I always did think that the markings on this orbweaver looked like a little alien. How creative!
laine12-Aug-2010 23:26
There are some who would never get this close to a spider...great work, Christine.
Guest 12-Aug-2010 18:15
Fantastic macro Christine!!!
Guest 12-Aug-2010 17:47
Amazing, all that on a lil bug, we can squash any day.
J. Scott Coile12-Aug-2010 17:35
Impressive. What a micro macro observation.
Colin Storey12-Aug-2010 12:11
It makes a great abstract. v
Stephanie12-Aug-2010 12:10
Fantastic work Christine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BV
Guest 12-Aug-2010 11:35
This spider has a spooky mark on it's abdomen. Nice photo.
Maaike Huizer12-Aug-2010 06:58
And how did you get to photograph the abdomen of the spider? Excellent work.
Rosemarie Kusserow12-Aug-2010 06:42
Indeed a very creative image for this challenge, very well done, BV
Rosemarie :o)
Guest 12-Aug-2010 06:14
Well ..... it is excellent work!
Matylda Lempel-Chareza Photography12-Aug-2010 06:00
nice find
borisalex12-Aug-2010 05:29
Yikes..i hate spiders, but this nice work here! V.
slhoornstra12-Aug-2010 04:58
Very Sherlock Holmesian, the sign of eight? Wonderful work!! V
Margot W12-Aug-2010 02:32
I think this is the most creative use of an image for this challenge.
Masterfully created and presented.
BV
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