I knew this little girl was there, but . . .

Brooks P

I just couldn't find her out in the open. But at dusk when I went to fill my Hummingbird feeders, so my birds would have breakfast, I looked down and there she was. By the time I got my camera and threw on a close-up filter, it was just about dark. I barely had enough to see her in the view finder, thank heaven for AF. Well enough now, here she is in all her splendor.



A bit of Levels, don't know that it helps.



I put a +2 and a +4 on and got about as close as I care to get, she has a mean bite.



If she comes out to play tomorrow at dusk, I'll be all set up and maybe I can do a little better.

You'd thin that after all these years I would have learned how to spell, but no. I am always rediting to correct spelling.

Dick on Aruba

Nice captures.

Regardsless their size, their bite will force you to have respect

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

Harryb

Good ones Brooks. That last one is super.

ginger_55

Brooks, cool shots..............and the levels does help! I never know I need it til I use it.

I like the background, too.

Did I miss it? What kind of spider is she? I only know the word, "spider".:):

ginger

Brooks P

Hi Ginger,

She is a Black Widow, a very healthy looking one at that, and she doesn't look like she has missed very many meals.

I was bitten by one about twenty years ago. I was bitten just above the elbow, and with in a couple of days my arm all the way down to my fingers was swollen. My fingers were so swollen that I could not bend them and the skin was cracked and peeling. I still have a scar from that encounter. What's the old saying? Once bitten. twice shy?

I was close enough on the last photo to be touching her web. They attack their prey when they feel vibrations in the web's strands. Being blind they can't tell a hand from something edible that has gotten caught in their web.