Garden Spider Study
Monday, October 8th, 2007Update:Amie’s kind comment combined with the bright sunshine of today inspired me to head out and take another series of shots of Ms. Garden Spider in the high sun such that I could also have a green background.
And, as Amie (an old friend, btw, with a neat weblog who also happens to be a founder of the very cool EBSQ Art collective) suggested, the green background is really quite pleasant.
Ms. Spider grabbed a meal overnight, as can be seen.
All in all, I think I like this shot the best, now, from the whole “Spider Focused Photograph” perspective. I still dig the metallic photos just because the thought of a spider running around with a carapace made half of molten metal strikes me as pretty cool, too.
Original post: Roger and I are hanging at my parent’s pad for a while and that means lots of nature, bug hunting, temporary pet management, and — of course — photography.
Roger found a beatiful garden spider sitting in the middle of its web in an easily accessible spot. After reading strobist for a bit, I decided to take a handful of photos from different angles with different lighting. (No strobes, though).
The differences are striking.
This particular photo was taken at sunset with the sun behind and to the left of me. I was slightly below the spider and, thus, caught a bit of the reflected sunlight in the silvery parts of the spider.
Click on through for 3 more shots of Ms. Spider with different lighting.














