Pearly Queen Crab

e6filmuser

This species of spider Misumena vatia is common on flowers in gardens. I usually try to photograph it interacting i.e. with prey. This one, partially changed to its yellow form, looked so good against the pale, pastel pink of a hollyhock that I decided to make an exception. I was framing for compostion, with the spider taking up about a quarter of the frame, but saw this display of adhering pollen "pearls", so this is cropped. This is slightly soft but a unique frame.

E-M1 on manual, Kiron 105 f16 ISO 400, twin TTL flash, hand-held.

Harold

DeeBug

Nice capture Harold, never seen one of these before!

Davy

e6filmuser

DeeBug wrote: »

Nice capture Harold, never seen one of these before!

Davy

Thanks, Davy.

The species is common, in flowers. It is usually white but can change to yellow. Seeing it decked out quite like this was a one-off.

Harold

Lord Vetinari

Lovely capture Harold- yes like the pollen decoration
Brian v.

e6filmuser

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Lovely capture Harold- yes like the pollen decoration
Brian v.

Thanks, Brian.