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"Jena" (26)
jmirah
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 503 W: 5 N: 1129]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (4631) | Black-and-Yellow Garden Spider-female
Argiope aurantia
Black-and-Yellow Garden Spider
I've taken a lot of photos of this Garden Spider over the past few weeks but haven't been satisfied with any of them, thinking I would get a better shot tomorrow. Too late, she's gone along with Qampu(a Golden-silk orb-weaver). Qampu disappeared over a week ago. I guess it's that time of year in the Northern Hemisphere. I've never really paid much attention to the phases of insects or spiders lives but since picking up a camera that has changed. It'll be interesting to see what Autumn/Winter has to offer. Strange, I miss Qampu. The one thing that I have noticed is the total absence of June Bugs this year. Usually there are hundreds, no, thousands of the pesky little critters flying and crawling around any light after the Sun sets. Not this year...Nada...Zero...Zilch...Maybe the grubs drowned because the ground has been saturated from the abnormal amount of rainfall that we've had this year.
Another View
I know, the exposure settings didn't work very well. Any suggestions? :-)
Exposure Setting: Manual
Lighting Conditions: Night/Dark
f/stop: 4.8
Shutter Speed: 1/1000
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 503mm[35mm]-equivilent
Auto Focus: Macro/Center-Zone/Continuous
Compression: Standard
White Balance: Daylight
Color: Natural
Sharpness: Normal
Tripod: No
Flash: On/Fired
Megapixels: 6.0
Dimensions: 800 x 617
Size: 123 KB
Date: September 9, 2007
Time 4:54 AM
Cropped, color adjusted, sharpened, 50% Neat Image noise reduction and resized for posting
I named her "Jena" in honor of Jenaeni, mother of Ansuya and the pioneer of Bellydance in America. Note the Ruby in her belly-button. |
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