Spider under a daisy, Lower Economy, Nova Scotia
Here's a small spider working under a daisy. When you find a daisy with petals folded or bunched together, often there's a small spider responsible. This spider was busy making a kind of "nest" or hiding place by attaching silk to some petals and gradually dragging the ends around to form a small enclosure. Taken while positioned on my back, shooting up. A slight breeze was moving the blossom around, making focusing and composing a bit difficult, so I jammed a thin stick into the ground beside the stem, then pushed it against the stem to provide some stability. A yard of thin black cloth clipped to a very lightweight and spindly tripod (a flea market find made in the 1930's) provided the black background, far less distracting than what was really there... a tremendously bright area of sunlit clouds.
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Spider under a daisy, Lower Economy, Nova Scotia
Here's a small spider working under a daisy. When you find a daisy with petals folded or bunched together, often there's a small spider responsible. This spider was busy making a kind of "nest" or hiding place by attaching silk to some petals and gradually dragging the ends around to form a small enclosure. Taken while positioned on my back, shooting up. A slight breeze was moving the blossom around, making focusing and composing a bit difficult, so I jammed a thin stick into the ground beside the stem, then pushed it against the stem to provide some stability. A yard of thin black cloth clipped to a very lightweight and spindly tripod (a flea market find made in the 1930's) provided the black background, far less distracting than what was really there... a tremendously bright area of sunlit clouds.
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