Making Her Web by Rachel Pennington

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28-OCT-2009	Rachel Pennington

Making Her Web

Crockford Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area

She's busy making her web for the evening. This is a female Micrathena gracilis, or spiny-back spider. Everything that you see IS the spider. Creepy, huh? I was THRILLED to see how the leaves sparkled like little golden balls of light in my viewfinger. :)

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi ,Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
1/125s f/8.0 at 55.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Melissa Noel		31-Oct-2009 18:43
Scary but beautiful!

Robin		30-Oct-2009 14:41
Outstanding photo! I love the colors and bokeh. That is the most unusual spider I've seen. I'll have to go google it.

Guest		29-Oct-2009 22:00
Wow, what colors and bokeh!! Sure is a strange spider!

Guest		29-Oct-2009 21:47
very nice shot, Rachel. Is the white bit hanging down the spider or some prey?

Guest		29-Oct-2009 21:40
Very cool shot. Good subject isolation and awesome color in the bokeh.

Debi		29-Oct-2009 21:40
How interesting! Is all of that the spider? The colors are pretty.

Isabel Cutler		29-Oct-2009 21:04
That is the strangest looking creature! Is it holding on to some prey? I can't figure it out. Isabel

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