Reflections of a beautifull Spider!

GOLDENORFE

shot at Whixall moss, the uk s rarest & largest spider.
EUROPEAN RAFT SPIDER Dolomedes fimbriatus.
not seen any last 4 trips to the mosses finally got lucky, only 2 year olds so not full size yet.have seen these eating darter dragonflys & frogs!
difficult to get good exposure with the peaty coloured water reflecting the flash!. got very wet shooting these, lying over the water,left elbow on sinking peat bog!
took flash & natural light shots,still got load to sort through yet.
hope you like these.
phil












THANKS FOR LOOKING
PHIL
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Elaine

Wow! I had no idea the UK had such spiders! Very nice shots of an interesting creature.

GOLDENORFE

Elaine wrote:

Wow! I had no idea the UK had such spiders! Very nice shots of an interesting creature.

thanks Elaine. they are only found in very localized areas living in peat bogs. mainly in the south of england ,only in 2 places further north where i live.
phil
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Lord Vetinari

Wonderful captures Phil - quite rare shots I should imagine
Brian V

obecanobe

Great shots Phil, especially like #'s 1 & 4.

l2oBiN

Excellent stuff!. love the detail in #4, he has EYEBROWS!!! how big is/was he?

tlee

Definitely a beautiful spider. Congrats on some amazing shots!