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Orb Spider Symmetry
I took a macro walk around Piney Lakes last night, came across a few interesting species that I will be posting pics of, Orb spiders are always so cool to see, & make such huge webs...spotted this one early on and then checked in on the way back to the car, and it was done building and lying in wait...
Here's a nice example of a Golden Silk Orb-weaver, or a "Banana Spider."
We saw tons of these at JN "Ding" Darling NWR (Sanibel Island, FL), but thankfully they mainly build their webs high enough that I didn't walk right into any.
This 'amazing circle' or orb was created from a photo I shot of trumpet flowers at the Biltmore Estates gardens in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
8/7/2021 Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve, Cayce, SC
Nikon D3400, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED
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From my garden last night, my best guess is that this is a male (because of the large palps) Neoscona crucifera orb weaver. You typically just see females, which are larger and rounder. They make a new, often quite large, web each night, and then recycle (eat) the web the next morning. (Around our house we humorously call them "head-jumpers," because if you wander out of the house first thing in the morning this time of year, it's easy to walk face-first into last night's web that wasn't there the day before.) From what I've read, the males often don't make webs, and actually cannot once they are sexually mature -- they then wander off to find females, who usually stay in one general area. Maybe that's why today, his web is still in place, unrecycled, and the spider is nowhere to be seen; maybe he molted and is now mature, and on the road looking for love? In any case, they're common but definitely cool-looking spiders.
Arch Rock - Joshua Tree National Park.
I had previously shot this scene in the past, but curiosity got the best of me, to try for the first time adding the orb thru light painting. I was happy to get the Orb, Arch Rock and the Milky Way together as planned, and it was fun doing this!!!!
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We’ve had a few days this winter with the right conditions to create a certain kind of magic. Cold temperatures and calm air allows the creation of soap bubbles that quickly freeze into solid orbs of frost. During the freezing process, they become something magical. View large!
Last night I spent a few hours experimenting with these. Some complex lighting was done from behind, using a narrow-beam flashlight and a Fresnel lens to place the light exactly where I wanted it. The bubble was blown just above this location and gently placed on the snow. Most of the time, bubbles will burst on impact unless you use a more hardy formula in their creation. The recipe used is:
6 parts water
2 parts liquid dish soap
1 part white corn syrup
It’s the corn syrup that thickens the bubble solution to withstand impact with the snow. It doesn’t work all the time, but when a snowflake lands intact, the game is on.
Freezing usually starts quickly, and there are two different scenarios you’re likely to encounter:
Warm bubble liquid: You can prolong the time you have to get the camera in the proper location by heating up the bubble solution in the microwave. This can give you a few extra much-needed seconds to get everything aligned, and it creates stable growth. In this scenario, the bubble will start to grow frost from the point of contact with the snow, and usually somewhere near the top of the bubble. These frost fronds will continue to grow until they reach, closing in the bubble.
Cold bubble fluid: If you’re using cold bubble fluid, right near the freezing point, you’re in for a show. Particles from your breath that are pushed inside the bubble will collide with the wall of the bubble, sometimes freezing on impact and creating nucleation points for frost. These swirl and grow around the freezing sphere almost like snowflakes, eventually freezing together. That’s what you’re seeing here. The freezing process usually has already begun by the time the snowflake has landed, and very little time is available to get the camera to the proper angle and focus point.
Like my snowflake images, this was shot entirely handheld. Speed is very important for such subjects, and a tripod only gets in the way. The entire bubble is frozen solid in a matter of seconds.
It’s amazing what falls from the sky, created by the randomness and beauty of nature… but it’s astounding what the right ingredients in the right order can create with the intent of creating something beautiful here on earth.
If you’d like to see more of my work with snowflakes, check out my book Sky Crystals (304pg hardcover) here: skycrystals.ca/book/ or my “The Snowflake” print, which embodies the beauty of sky-borne crystals in a way never before seen: skycrystals.ca/poster/
Leucauge venusta. 2024 was a big year for these small, pretty spiders in my yard; there were more of them, and I kept finding them in easy-to-photograph locations.
June 2, 2018
An orchard orbweaver, (Leucauge venusta) spider. Tiny, ornate, beautiful, and deft.
Brewster, Massachusetts
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Walnut orb-weaver (Nuctenea umbratica) spider wandering on a tree trunk.
Kołosz szczelinowy (Nuctenea umbratica) wędrujący po pniu drzewa.
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Was out for 4 hours tonight, and have a fair few more that I need to download. Would have felt bad if I had not got 1 straight onto Flickr though!
Light Painting / Long Exposure
Guernsey - Channel Islands
Sunset light painting at Peyto lake in Jasper NP. I spent the night looking for stars but didn't find any. However I did have fun and I didn't get attacked by bears or cougars.
Explored. March 7th, 2014. #6
Went out for a short session with my son tonight, down to the Ythan within the estate. I only took out the trusty DIY RGB tool and my Cree torch.
One orb in front of the other on the bridge. These are about 20ft apart and on the slope of the bridge, so I'm quite pleased to have managed a decent shaped swing.
It is that time of year when the Orb Weaver Spiders are spinning webs all over. Spotted a number at Willband Creek Park this morning.
backside in their dewy web.
I had to check fences again this morning and of course one of the animals was in a place she wasn't supposed to be.
But I didn't waste my morning walk as I found such incredible sights in the meadow.
HOT, sticky ... and so worth it!
Spiny orb weaver (Micrathena (?) sp.) - Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
A spiny orb weaver spider from Yasuni constructing an egg case on the back side of a leaf which it had suspended from silk strands. The leaf was slowly spinning in place so I set up to photograph this spider and just had to wait for the leaf to spin around so that the spider was facing me. I've seen numerous orb weavers building egg cases such on a lone leaf dangling from a web strand however this was one of the prettiest species I have seen doing this.
Green Chrysanthemum, you know the ones which are in supermarket flowers with lots of flowers on a stem. Orb Style which reminds me of one of those glass paper weights.
The Orb Probes by Daniel Arrhakis (2015)
For details you must see a bigger image :
www.flickr.com/photos/arrhakis/16219370717/sizes/k/
And the Music : Zack Hemsey - "Informing The Target"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFcqN-J6sMo
- We are always on alert with our probes, at any moment we can have the visit of our invaders ... they are our eyes ! This is a image seen within one of them. We call them Sentinels !
In first plan Whorthyr the Prime World of the Trhyarths, our enemy ... the leader mining planet with is huge Circular City .. our orbs are not the only, they also have their ...
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Some of the space elements were modified or transform, others are created. For some planet elements photo credit "Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech".
I finally got a good shot as she was producing web strands. This little lady has been very interesting to watch. She is about 1/2" long total length.
Such a fantastic event organised at Centennial Park (Sydney) by Peter Solness. What a great evening!!!
A new to me location in the middle of nowhere which I was surprised to find a lot easier than I expected especially arriving after dark. Shot in one photographic exposure as usual, orbs on loan from Denis Smith's Ball of Light tool
Please veiw large and note the colour of the web!!
The golden orb weavers are one of the largest spiders found in Australia. Their webs can be found hanging off sign posts, in or between trees and can even be spotted driving 100 km/h in a vehicle. The females can measure up to 45 mm while the smaller males measure only 6 mm. The male is often found in the web of his girl friend. Beside the male and the female boarders resides in the web. They are called quicksilver, dewdrop or droplet spider because their silvery body shines like drops of water in the sun.
If you look closely at the web you can notice that the snares have a golden color. The web is extremely strong. So strong that even small birds stick in the net.
I was in Bolsa Chica on Saturday. It was a high tide so many 'digger' birds were not in action. However, on the north side there was an Osprey sitting at a high branch, A few hopeful photographers aimed at it for it to fly and catch something. However, it did not happen for half an hour (I left after that). A fellow photographer was looking around and found three different spider webs with 4 orb weavers. This is one of them. A six image HDR.