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Long-jawed Orbweaver

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted June 4, 2012151 views8 comments

Long-jawed orb weavers (Tetragnathidae) and true orb-weavers (Araneidae) are the only common kinds of spiders that make orb webs. The webs of most other kinds of spiders appear disorganized compared to orb webs.
Seen here beneath a thistle bud..
F/18, 1/10th, ISO 500, 1D M3, Sigma 150mm f/2.8 + Kenko 1.4x ext & fill.

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8 comments

Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on June 4, 2012 at 9:02 PM

Interesting angle to catch this guy; I like it and the overall comp you gave this. Your focus is spot-on with great details in the spider with a nice clean background. Very nice!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 4, 2012 at 10:03 PM

Another excellent image, Howard. I like the unique perspective of this interesting spider and the clean BG. Thanks also for the background info. It motivated me to process and post an Orbweaver image of my own which I took last week.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 4, 2012 at 10:20 PM

Howard - Excellent - you did an awesome job coming parallel to the Spidy here. The spikes from the Thistle perfectly complement the long legs of the Spider.

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Comment posted by Chris Grabski on June 5, 2012 at 3:01 PM

The spikes and the angle with excellent focus makes it a very interesting image.

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Comment posted by Hali Sowle on June 5, 2012 at 9:23 PM

Great perspective and the focus is excellent. Really nice bg to allow all the attention to the thistle spikes and that cool spider. Nice angle to the thistle as well.

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on June 8, 2012 at 5:24 AM

Excellent piece of photography, Howard. I was out looking for this species when I photographed the Dung Fly.

Andy...

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 8, 2012 at 9:54 AM

Hi Howard

Another great post here

Your knowledge of spiders matches your expertise on shooting them.

A superb comp, with fine detail, color and BG

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 8, 2012 at 2:28 PM

Nicely disguised as a small twig. I like the graphic nature of the image with the linear spider and lines and stripes in the thistle and it's spines.

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