Spider Flamboyance
I can’t think of a good antonym for minimalism to balance yesterday’s post about the simplicity that spiders can indulge in. This was taken the same morning as yesterday’s shots and just a few feet away.
No flying insect stands a chance in this gap in the hedge, which the spiders have decorated with the sumptuousness of a Baroque church.
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Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon 100mm/f2.8 macro lens, ISO200, f2.8, 1/8,000th. Processed in Lightroom 4, Topaz B&WEffects, border added in Picasa.
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burnt embers 
This is a wonderful image – well made and superb lighting.
David.
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Thank you David! I appreciate that, it is one of my favourite shots from this year. And putting a thin white border on just seemed completely necessary, something that normally I would not bother with. Holds it all together.
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I like this quite a bit! And especially like how the web in the center almost looks like a flower.
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Thanks Melinda! I don’t suppose they look like that to small flying insects….
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No – they look like Webs of Death to small flying insects.
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Beautiful image. Love the depth of field here.
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Thanks Emily! I took a lot of photos of this, trying for the best focus point. This one worked out better than most of the others.
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That’s a fantastic weaving, and photograph. Beautiful and deadly too, I guess, if you’re tiny!
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Thank you Karen! Deadly for sure. I suspect that there are quite a few spiders involved in making this barricade.
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