Early morning walk observing nature at its most artistic

West 71st Street, New York City

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Caught this little chap this morning finishing off his web...

Once we finished taking our sunrise photos of Mount Rainier Laura and Tracy spotted some flowers and spider webs on the side of the road. So we hang out for a while taking different shots and messing with the macro lens.

Harvest is going strong here. We are hoping they started harvesting out at my friends family's place soon! I hope everyone has a great Friday!

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The Spider's Web

B K

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Benched in Southern California

Eureka Springs, AR.

..... hanging in the doorway ... .

The undisturbed web , made by an early spider , shows the magnificent and complicated texture .

Early morning dew on a web. Finley wetland refuge. Corvallis, OR.

spiders set such beautiful traps

Stopped by at lunch the other day.

Da ich ohne Auto unterwegs bin, muss ich auch größere Lasten mit dem Fahrrad bewegen. Vor ca. 20 Jahren erwarb ich den ersten Anhänger, einen Winther "Donkey", der mir bis heute treue Dienste leistet (www.wintherbikes.com/en/category/donkey). Seine Bereitschaft Alles und Jedes zu tragen sind legendär. Sein Fahrverhalten ist jedoch gewöhnungsbedürftig. Es ist halt ein Eselchen.

Für den nicht ganz so kleinen Einkauf erwarb ich den Burley Travoy (www.flickr.com/photos/pwoelwer/15215873012/in/photolist-o...) Schön zu fahren, sehr komfortabel. Und nun den Weber Monoporter für größere Touren. Eigentlich wollte ich ihn an das Mountainbike kuppeln, aber der Schnellspanner war zu kurz. Ein Längerer ist bestellt. Und dann kommt das Teil ans MTB und los geht´s.

I'm working on shooting things I have either never done or have done but never quite done it right. My first spider web... yes I still need to work at getting it done just right lol.

Tree spider...... I can't believe the shots I can get with that 300mm f/2.8L lens..this is taken with the 1.4 TC on as well..for total focal range of 420mm..

I thought I'd see if there were any autumn colours in the garden that would make a nice photo, then suddenly this caught my eye!! I managed to capture some of the colours from my Virginia Creeper in the backgrounddd.

In the sunshine on a dewy morning.

reflection of flower through raindrops caught in a spider's web

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"Much like a subtle spider, which doth sit

In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide:

If aught do touch the utmost thread of it,

She feels it instantly on every side."

~ Sir John Davies,

The Immortality of the Soul

(sec. XVIII, Feeling)

Taken in the Adirondacks

I discovered this poem on the web and felt a connection to it.

Hannah Chamberlin

Feb 8, 2012

Spiderwebs

People in essence are spiderwebs

Each so fragile and beautiful

Yet so strong and full of purpose

Each molecule is connected by a strand of the web

Each thought intersected

Woven into another

Yet separate, unique

There are no two alike

Though many are bland

So distasteful

Never living out their full potential

Instead being destroyed by tiny things

The fears and doubts that eat away at the delicate strands

Still someway somehow the rare few so complicated

Protected so carefully by their creators

Manage to hold their true form

Even for a second in time

They capture drops of inspiration like dew

As the sunlight fades the useless webs left unprotected

It also catches hold of the glimmer of inspiration

Suddenly transformed into a shining brilliant treasure

The web can maintain these inspirations

Build them into anything they desire

Or they may allow them to simply lay in shadow

Weighing them down

Until they come crashing from their position of glory

To a simple puddle of ruin

This is another web and is much smaller. It was built in the inside curve of a shepherds hook.

found on ground level spider web

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