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One more from Earl's Crag. The rock on the left was a metre or so away from the one on the right, with about a 10 metre drop in between. Slightly scary jumping from right to left because the full view of the drop was visible.
My attempt at the "Flickr Friday" theme "Jump".
Shot with a Minolta "90 mm F 5.6" (copy) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
This male just got himself a nice snack as I was setting up my camera.
Taken with my non-macro zoom lens and 1.4x TC. I also set the camera to APS-C crop mode. The TC really helped with the shallow depth of field.
All up, I am quite pleased with the result.
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One of the commonest spiders you can find around the house is the zebra spider, Salticus scenicus. You can find it sitting on the wall or on a window-frame but it is not so easy to spot. It is a tiny spider with a body size that doesn't exceed 8 millimetres. The zebra spider belongs to the jumping spiders. It does not make a web but stalks its prey. It will use a silk thread as an anchor. When it spots an insect it will slowly try to approach it. Now and then when it is out of the victim's sight the zebra spider will run. When it is within reach it will jump and paralyse the prey with its venomous 'jaws'.
To be able to capture prey like this jumping spiders rely on superb eye sight. Their eyes are truly remarkable. The front pair is the most impressive. They can be regarded as the best eyes you can find in any arthropod. They work as a telephoto lens. The retina inside the eye can move in 3 dimensions enabling the spider to look in all directions and focus on a subject. When you approach a jumping spider it will position itself so it can observe you. The 6 other eyes are positioned around the head for a 360 degrees vision.
Jumping spiders use their legs to pounce on their prey, which is typically other insects. Amazingly, jumping spiders don't have special leg muscles, like grasshoppers, to help them leap. They propel themselves by suddenly changing the blood flow in their body. Terminix
Jumping spiders or the Salticidae are a family of spiders. As of 2019, it contained over 600 described genera and over 6000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Wikipedia
.. from the most adventuring trip i've ever had!
i travelled 11 days through egypt and every single day was a marvelous experience!
route:
day 1,2 & 3: kairo - cairo tower; sphinx & pyramids of giza, sakkara & dashur, islamic center, mosque, Bazar Khan Al-Khalili
day 4: assuan - assuan city, nubian village, botanic garden
day 5: abu simbel
day 6, 7 & 8: Nile-Cruise (Assuan - Kom Ombo - Edfu - Luxor)
day 9 & 10: Luxor - Karnak Temple, Luxor Tempel, Egyptian bachelor party
day 11: back to cairo - cairo museum
it was great.. i learned a lot about the cultur and the way of living and gathered new perspectives!!
and.. i learned to appreciate and being grateful for t the life i live!
Horseman pulls the skier to the jump. Winner is skier who jumps the furthest.
Winter Sports Carnival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Jumping to Spring....need a fix?
Seems to be a good plan for today.
These are Johny-jump-ups announcing a previous springtime.
They were a color mix that I can't find anymore