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Fight or flight?


Fight or flight?
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Copyright: Gary Slocum (appalcarp) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1283 W: 171 N: 630] (4085)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-20
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon 350D (Digital Rebel XT), Canon 18-55 EFS, 52mm UV Haze (Sunpak)
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Friday theme 2008/03/21 "Flight" [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-07-19 21:42
Viewed: 207
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a picture of what is called a 'banana spider' as in the sunlight they are bright yellow. This critter caused quite a stir as I saw him hanging from the eaves one evening. I have a love/hate relationship with them. I love the fact that spiders eat other bugs, however, I don't like to get in their 'space,' and the same goes for me! Circumstances dictated, that after his 'pose,' he had to go. I batted him down twice so it wasn't like I didn't try to give him some leeway but he/she seemed to like the spot there where there was some light attracting bugs of the night and returned twice. So he was disposed of. They are mildly poisonous here and if one were allergic, could potentially kill. The tropical cousin is much more potent and deadly.

pp: crop and adjust angle, added the frame because of the poisonous black widow and used 'her' colors.

Now, will you be able to sleep tonight? I walked into the web twice. There was another one that had strung a web all the way from a tree 50 feet away to the corner of the house. I had never seen that long of an 'anchor line.' They only seem to appear in July and August during the warm nights and soon disappear again with their 'prey' to hatch eggs for the next year. Some of these spiders can live 2 or 3 years. Interestingly, his butt looks like an alien head attached to legs.
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  • Great 
  • witek1 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 110 W: 0 N: 30] (1046)
  • [2008-07-19 22:04]

Faktycznie. Jakby plywal.
Pozdrawiam Witek

Hi Gary
I ll sleep!!!
good shot and effect
I like the frame too
have a good sunday
ciao
Lucio

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  • BT123 Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 36 W: 1 N: 37] (315)
  • [2008-07-20 0:30]

Nicely composed and framed of this beautiful spider ( that's what it looks like )
Regards, Balwant

Hi Gary Slocum,
Good shot,beautiful composition,good color.
Best regards,
Ralf

realy good shot colours are grt and pov superd well done

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