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Fast food
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Copyright: Marx Kol (Marx44) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 59 W: 72 N: 279] (1768)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-22
Categories: Spiders
Camera: Canon EOS 30 D, Canon EF 100 mm F2.8 Macro USM
Exposure: f/11, 1/125 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-25 6:23
Viewed: 272
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Misumena vatia is a species of crab spider with holarctic distribution. In North America, where it is the largest and most well-known flower spider, it is called the Goldenrod crab spider, because it is commonly found hunting in Goldenrod sprays in the autumn.

Females can grow up to 10 mm (without legs), males reach 5 mm at most.

Young females in the early summer may be quite small and easily overlooked. These spiders may be yellow or white, depending on the flower in which they are hunting. Especially younger females, which may hunt on a variety of flowers such as daisies and sunflowers, may change color "at will". Older females require large amounts of relatively large prey to produce the best possible clutch of eggs. They are, therefore, in North America most commonly found in Goldenrod (Solidago sp.), a bright yellow flower which attracts large numbers of insects, especially in autumn. It is often very hard even for a searching human to recognize one of these spiders on a yellow flower.
CatherineD, nglen, vanderschelden, siggi, mohaiminawang has marked this note useful
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Hi Marx,

Great macro moment,beautiful colour and detail..look like wrestling on flower.TFS

regards
mohaimin

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 463 W: 11 N: 1311] (4592)
  • [2008-07-25 6:38]

Hallo Max,
Wspaniala scena w doskonalej jakosci.Perfekte kontrast i naturalne kolory.Tlo doskonale .
Pozdrawiam Siggi

Hello Marx,
The content is absolutely extraordinary in this work. You achieved a lot of depth of field through your fill in flash.
I do have my doubts about the use of flash, even fill in flash.
However I do like the sharpness and the everything but shallow DOF as aforementioned, through which you were able to photograph
this 'fight'.
TFS
Annick

  • Great 
  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2129 W: 9 N: 5957] (22516)
  • [2008-07-25 13:00]

Hi Marx. You have captured a fine close up of the spider and its prey. You have captured fine detail with your sharp focusing. rich but still natural colours. with a good POV/DOF. well done TFS.
Nick..

Hello Marx,
Impressive shot with very good sharpness and colours. A real decisive moment captured. TFS,
Catherine

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