Spider web in a beam of sunlight
This looks like fireworks! It's a spider on its web in a beam of sunlight in the shady woods on Mount Tabor in Portland, Oregon. I can't remember, but maybe there was a puff of wind or I bumped my tripod with my elbow? This web is the work of a small Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus, Araneidae), see this photo for a less dramatic shot. You can actually see the spider in my photo as that brown blur in the upper left. It's a neat effect that would be worth playing with deliberately to see what you could get. Happy Web Webnesday! (Mount Tabor, Portland, Oregon, 27 September 2017)
Spider web in a beam of sunlight
This looks like fireworks! It's a spider on its web in a beam of sunlight in the shady woods on Mount Tabor in Portland, Oregon. I can't remember, but maybe there was a puff of wind or I bumped my tripod with my elbow? This web is the work of a small Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus, Araneidae), see this photo for a less dramatic shot. You can actually see the spider in my photo as that brown blur in the upper left. It's a neat effect that would be worth playing with deliberately to see what you could get. Happy Web Webnesday! (Mount Tabor, Portland, Oregon, 27 September 2017)