Hello everyone, and happy Macro Monday to you! Ed, over at Sunday Stills has been thoughtful enough to add another feature to his site and is now hosting Macro Monday as well! Too fun! I love taking macro shots (now that my friend Patches showed me how to!), so I'm really excited about this addition.
I actually didn't plan on participating this week, but I just got done uploading these photos of a little stowaway that was on my snapdragons that I brought in tonight. I was fascinated by this guy (or gal?) and was really excited to get some decent shots. He (she?) was moving really fast trying to figure out what the heck happened and why he (she?) was no longer in the garden! Once I saw them I thought, "ooh, perfect for Macro Monday!" So here I am!
I was really excited with how clear this one came out. How cool that you can see the eyes! Unfortunately, there's a MAJOR rookie mistake in this picture. See that big black area in the foreground? Yeah, that would be my shadow...uh, I'm still learning. ;)
This guy's shadow is okay, though. Sadly, after taking this photo, I lost track of the little guy and I fear that he may have been injested by Cabela. I was attempting to get him back on a snapdragon stalk to bring him outside when Cabela stuck her nose right in the middle of what I was doing and then started licking her chops. I never did see him again. Goodbye, little friend. We'll always have the macros...
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Do you know what type of spider it was? Like is it a dangerous one? It is very interesting!!
ReplyDelete*screams & hides under bed*
ReplyDeletei dislike spiders soooooooo much eeek
this ones very pretty pink though :)
nice entry for macro monday!
OH WOW!!! Very cool!!!...:-)
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the wonderful world of Macro photography..Ed
Nope, not poisonous at all! Just a harmless little garden spider. Trust me, I'm usually not big on spiders...the brown hairy things that crawl around in WA get NO LOVE! This type, however, helps keep the bad bugs outta my garden, so he's good in my book! :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. Just looked it up...this particular one is called a Crab Spider and usually matches the color of the flower it's on!
ReplyDeleteHi Kuntry Girl! I thought I would come over and take a peek. Your Caspian is a doll, and I love Weimaraners (sp?). You are also a fellow Washingtonian? Too cool. :)
ReplyDeletePS-That spider is actually kind of pretty-color wise anyway...lol!!!
OH! He has the same stripe as your polish on your toes in the sidebar! maybe it is a girly spidy!
ReplyDeleteVery cool captures!
KK
that is a gorgeous spider! you are like me, kind to all the good insects and animals...well, i am not kind to bad things, like horse flies, yellow jackets (that just stung me yesterday, etc.) lovely photos and yes, i do the very same thing, get my hand in the way or the camera strap which makes a shadow.
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