Enjoying the evening sun...

[Bilbo_baggin]

One of the friendly spiders sunning herself (?) on the bloom of a gerbera. Quite accomodating, but the strong evening sun was accompanied by a reasonable breeze which meant plenty of blurred and OOF frames in between a few OK ones.

The spider is an Orb, or Cross spider, incredibly common in the UK (they are the ones that spin the really big intricate webs between the stems and branches of your shrubs and such.

C&C as always appreciated.

Exif:

No.2 same except shot at 1/160sec.

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 450D
Image Date: 2009:06:14 17:52:04
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 105.0mm
CCD Width: 4.18mm
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/10.0
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: -0.67
White Balance: Manual
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
Exposure Mode: Auto Bracketing


2nd shot:







Paul.

[greaseweasel]

Nice shot with great colour. These are all still very tiny at the moment near me. Looking forward to them getting chunky so that the macro shots should be a bit easier.

[nitelife]

love the colours and composition, very nice.

[BertRoot]

Belter that one, lovely colour on the gerbera complimented by the mini beast.

[Bilbo_baggin]

Cheers folks.

It's a male, btw...

Paul.