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Weaver Interrupted


Weaver Interrupted
Photo Information
Copyright: iris'hues ss (iris) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 361 W: 39 N: 664] (2071)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-12
Categories: Spiders
Exposure: f/2, 1/50 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-05-12 3:29
Viewed: 487
Points: 26
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi

After a wonderful spell of rain last night with hailstones and thunder and the works in this scorching summer, the day dawned quite pleasant today.I stepped out looking for someone ready to pose for me,and i found this little weaver.

Hope you like my new friend!!!!!

Garden Orb Weaver Spiders also called as Araneus Spiders or Wheelweaving Spiders, are known for their intricate orb-shaped webs mostly seen in gardens and foliage. Web building is a complex process: support lines are constructed first; then the radial lines; and finally the spiraling strands are spun from the center outward. Without training from adults, even the tiniest just-hatched spiderlings are able to spin silk and weave webs. Another orb weaver, nephila, builds an extremely thick and strong web, up to eight feet in diameter. People in Southeast Asia have found an interesting use for this spider's web -- they bend a pliable stick into a loop and pass it through the large web, resulting in a surprisingly strong and effective fishing net!

Spiders produce silk from glands called spinnerets. Orb weavers can have three or four pairs of these glands, each producing different textures of silk: non-stick silk for the radial web lines, and sticky silk for the spiraling strands. Some spiders even produce an ultraviolet silk to attract insects. Spider silk, a super protein that hardens as it is stretched from the spinnerets, may look delicate but it is unbelievably tough. The relative tension necessary to break it is far greater than for steel.

Thanks for stopping by!!!!
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To joey: Thank U Joeyiris 1 05-12 06:59
To nainnain: Merci Edithiris 1 05-12 06:58
To marmottelolo: Super ...Merci Becoupiris 1 05-12 06:54
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hello
bien vu cette jolie tite bebete
tres marrant car on crorait quelle marche sur les fils comme les funanbules
belles couleurs nettes
bien vu, merci, amitiès
edith

bonjour iris
je vous ai proposé un WS,dites moi ce que vous en pensez.
laurent

Hi Irishues, wonderful spider, great light and colors, splendid details, elegant presentation, have a great week end, ciao Silvio

Well taken macro, nice work.

Greg

Well composed macro shot, Iris.
The spider looks like a tight-rope walker on those two straight threads.
TFS and take care.

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  • ridvan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 582 W: 0 N: 1137] (5130)
  • [2007-05-12 15:44]

selam iris; nice macro shot of this spider,good presented , very nice BG and POV, well captured with nice colours TFS
regards
ridvan

great colors in your bg.It's a little soft but the composition is great!

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-05-12 22:52]

Hello Iris

Very nice composition with lovely lighting and colours.A very good moment captured.TFS

Rob

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  • radz Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 601 W: 11 N: 599] (3161)
  • [2007-05-13 4:59]

Nice lighting,nice composition&POV.

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1559 W: 233 N: 5222] (18351)
  • [2007-05-13 5:36]
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Hi Irishues,
this shot has a decent composition and POV but the quality lags a bit.
Well done,
Joey

p.s will update tommorrow

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 818 W: 4 N: 2026] (9534)
  • [2007-05-13 5:51]

Iris, lovely shot and nice composition. The heading goes very well with your picture. Well defined. Ganesh

Hello Iris.

Excellent macro, very good details and colors.

Regards.
Jose Luis.

Gosh I dislike spiders now but was super interested as a kid. Your macro work is fantastic. I love the way you caught this one in action. That is the way my dad introduced me 60 years ago to spiders...by show them doing what they do best. Wonderful composition

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