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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: PeterAit on August 13, 2015, 08:19:41 pm

Title: The aliens are coming to eat our brains!
Post by: PeterAit on August 13, 2015, 08:19:41 pm

And here's one of them! Actually it is a spiny orb weaver spider, and it is only about 1/2 inch across. I love the fake eyes on the carapace! Taken hand-held with a Nikon D600 and a Nikkor 105, f/2.8 macro.

Title: Re: The aliens are coming to eat our brains!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 14, 2015, 12:18:40 am

Cute little fellow.

Title: Re: The aliens are coming to eat our brains!
Post by: NancyP on August 14, 2015, 08:03:33 pm

Cute in a spiny way..."eyes" on its back/butt. I suppose that the spines and "eyes" are to discourage birds and other predators. These spiders are really fast when actively weaving. I tried to shoot one with a manual focus macro lens (no flash) mid-weaving, and few photos were sharp.