Spider likin' Lichen

Paul Iddon

Sorry for the cruddy title but...

I saw the opportunity to get this shot when I spotted the lichen on the twigs/branches of our apple tree, and knew, just KNEW that I wanted a spider or a beetle or something on there with it!

Well, fortune favours the brave, so I found myself an accommodating wolf spider this evening and sat him on the branch. After a lot of false starts, and fingers blocking routes of escape, and nudges of encouragement to have him travel in the right direction - i.e. to the lichen, not off on to some other twiggy part of the branch... and eventually, he settle for just a short while more or less where I wanted him too.

And so you see the result below.

I have to admit, I was quite pleased with the result. In fact, I might save it for the camera club comp for next month!

C&C as always encouraged.


Exif:

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 450D
Image Date: 2010:01:20 22:26:17
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 105.0mm
CCD Width: 4.18mm
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO equiv: 200
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
Photographer: Copyright www.pauliddon.co.uk







Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely capture- well setup and worth the effort !.
Suspect it's a male house spider BTW.
Brian V.

Paul Iddon

Thank you Brian, I thought it was the effort too

So what specie is the male house spider? This one was a resident of the garden.


Paul.

StefanL

Excellent, the leg on the spider web is a real eye-catcher.

/Stefan

Daver2112

Well worth all the effort. Excellent capture.

Paul Iddon

StefanL wrote:

Excellent, the leg on the spider web is a real eye-catcher.

/Stefan

Thanks Stefan

Paul.

Paul Iddon

Daver2112 wrote:

Well worth all the effort. Excellent capture.

Cheers m8ee

Paul.

GOLDENORFE

very good Paul
did you shoot any at low level head on? might have made a better composition
phil

Paul Iddon

No Phil., not at this angle of the tree, couldn't get to it for other twigs/branches....


Paul.

Atomicpixal

Very well done!

Paul Iddon

Atomicpixal wrote:

Very well done!

Thanks Atomic


Paul.