Comments on: Garden Spider Study

By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:52:17 +0000

Had one and it was fond of the bugs I caught and offered. Sometimes it would eat immediately and sometimes it would wrap in web for a later meal. That one left and I found another with two little spiders on the web. I guess something scared them off and I can’t find them again. But they were fascinating and so pretty and didn’t mind us looking at them.

By: Valentine

Valentine — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:38:53 +0000

These photos of a spider are fantastic. I run a children related blog (mostly for parents information) but many visit with the kids. I will place a link in the blog in my garden section so that kids can see these great pictures. (garden page is being develop with full bloom “pardon the pun” in the spring.
Thank
Valentine

By: Albert

Albert — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:50:03 +0000

nice collections keep posting.

Albert

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By: IE Ries

IE Ries — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:43:46 +0000

Beautiful spider! Thanks for explaining the techniques and how you used the light to capture the colours and textures of the gorgeous garden spider. We have one living outside in our geranium bed…guess who’s getting a photo taken tomorrow?

By: Myonlinegarden

Myonlinegarden — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:31:14 +0000

I never realised that garden spiders were so colourful, the pictures are terrific.

By: James

James — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:16:26 +0000

You could also improve the lighting by holding or hanging a piece of card behind the spider. And could make more use of the available light by using a reflector? Nice pics though!

By: Amie

Amie — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:45:13 +0000

Wow, the new one blows the other one away! And how cool that you caught Ms. Spider with her food. We have a rather ratty looking web in front of our kitchen window that has lots of left over corpses, but we have yet to see the actual spider in residence. It’s a heck of a good spot since we leave the sink light on all night and attract a ton of vittles for our unseen friend.

By: Amie

Amie — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:28:33 +0000

I’d have to say my favourite shot of the batch shown is the one taken from above with the green of the grass serving as the background colour. I really love both the detail as well as the warmth in this one. I also think the web looks particularly good here.