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Spider Wrapping Prey
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Spider Wrapping Prey

by Roger Leekam

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 3, 2011126 views4 comments
Spider wrapping a beetle with silk from spinnerets. Canon 7D, 60mm 2.8 macro lens, taken with tripod 1/800sec, f7.1,ISO800. in partial sunlight. Not much crop & smaller image is actually better as posted because I had to post larger at lower JPEG quality..

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Keith Tate on September 3, 2011 at 12:29 PM
I have one in a bush in the backyard and was watching the same thing happen just this morning. It is moving pretty fast during this process and you did a really nice job of capturing the action with a fantastic angle!! Very nice Roger :toast: :toast:
Registered on December 11, 2004, 150 Posts, 1667 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 3, 2011 at 5:23 PM
Great job of stopping the action Roger, especially when one considers this is happening fairly quickly..
I like the web that stands out so well here, nice BG too :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Monica Siri on September 4, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Great action you captured here, Roger. Well done. :toast:
Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments
Comment posted by Christine Jackson on September 4, 2011 at 4:55 PM
Roger,

Very nice shot! Excellent capture, especially of the spinneret. Beautiful bokeh too. Well Done!

Chrisie Jackson
Denver, Colorado
Registered on September 19, 2010, 20 Posts, 244 Comments