Orb Spider Spinning it's Web

Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
edited August 27, 2013 in Holy Macro
A female garden Orb Spider (or Cross spider) spinner herself a new web between the apple tree and the dwarf conifer in the garden this evening. I have tried to video it too (not particularly successfully though, probably because I was using my macro lens which is slower to focus the the STM lenses).

I like how you can see where she has completed her web and the strand she is working on at the time I took the image.

Exif:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 70D
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Image Date: 2013-08-25 18:51:14 +0000
Focal Length: 100mm
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure Time: 0.0063 s (1/160)
ISO equiv: 400
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Creator: Paul Iddon
Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK




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Paul.


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Comments

  • chaseltonchaselton Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
    edited August 25, 2013
    You are brave.

    I'm still working up the nerve to take a phone shot of the orb weaver on the downstairs back porch.
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  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited August 25, 2013
    Nah - these spiders are big softies you can hold on your hands! :)


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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2013
    Lovely capture Paul.
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  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2013
    Thanks Brian :)

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  • chaseltonchaselton Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2013
    Paul Iddon wrote: »
    Nah - these spiders are big softies you can hold on your hands! :)


    Paul.

    I know, I know...but for whatever reason they still trigger my 'oh dear God RUN' instinct. Not wasps, just spiders. And not all spiders...just those that are bigger than jumping spiders but smaller than tarantulas. Minus daddy longlegs.

    Yeah...I don't get it either...:confused:
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  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2013
    chaselton wrote: »
    I know, I know...but for whatever reason they still trigger my 'oh dear God RUN' instinct. Not wasps, just spiders. And not all spiders...just those that are bigger than jumping spiders but smaller than tarantulas. Minus daddy longlegs.

    Yeah...I don't get it either...:confused:

    Heheh, ah well, keep watching and we'll help you overcome the worry :ivar

    Paul.


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  • chaseltonchaselton Registered Users Posts: 130 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2013
    Paul Iddon wrote: »
    Heheh, ah well, keep watching and we'll help you overcome the worry :ivar

    Paul.

    Unfortunately I believe something got Frank (yes...we named him or her). He/she was not in his/her web this morning...which had a giant hole in it :-(
    indefinite objects
    anything can be amazing
  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2013
    Frank may just have moved house... Look out nearby...

    Paul.


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