I came across this Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) busy spinning a new web in my garden.
Photograph of Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus), taken August 2016, rear garden , Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D7200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens.
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Very nice photos, especially the first showing the silk coming out with great detail.
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Thank you David. 🙂 I had been watching this spider in its web for a few days and it had made a few good catches, inclduing a wasp. Here it was doing a major repair job, rebuilding most of it.
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Wonderful, how you were able to capture the ‘web stretching’ action. Nicely done!
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Thank you Ed 🙂 Sometimes it’s just being patient and being lucky.
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Wonderful detail!
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Thank you 🙂
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I seem to see a face on this spider, especially in the first image. I know it’s an illusion, but I still see it.
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Yes, I have noticed this face also, but I think it is just the way our minds work.
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The name of that human faculty is pareidolia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
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Yes, I seem to see faces in a lots of things myself, like clouds and tree trunks. One of my earlier posts was caled Pareidolia.
https://snapshotsintimeblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/pareidolia/
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Nice detail. A study of intetest. Too much detail for some I’m sure 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 I know some folk don’t like spiders, but I have always has a fascination for them since I was a boy.
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Great capture, Pete! I love that you got the Peter Parker effect!
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Thank you 🙂
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Wow, beautiful! Great captures.
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Thank you, Isabel 🙂
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Have you seen my BUGS?? You might get a kick out of them.
I love your photos!
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Yes, I will, thank you 🙂
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I’ve seen spiders spinning webs two time. Both times were about 2/3 of the way done. It was amazing. It changed my whole view of spiders. I have a post of a poem about spider spinning the web. But I still don’t like all tiny spiders speaking into my house though. Thank you for liking my post Hyperbole.
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Thank you for your comment 🙂 I know some folk don’t like spiders, but I have always found them fascinating and beautiful in their own way.
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Every detail is beautifully in focus, even the silken threads! Think I need a camera upgrade!! 😀
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Thank you, Jude 🙂
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I love the detail in this one… especially the line of silk shining as she weaves the web! Wonderful shot!!
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Thank you very much, Dwight! They are amazing to watch when they are crafting their webs.
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It is hard to imagine that a creature like that can even exist!
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