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Old 10-14-2009, 09:48 AM
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A macro shot of a Spider just hanging around
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You've captured excellent detail Steve and a great colour contrast between beast and background, this is close up personal to some peoples worst mightmare
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cool pic .how did you take it without the spider web?thanks for sharing
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Nice catch steve, very detail shot of the spider.


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You've captured excellent detail Steve and a great colour contrast between beast and background, this is close up personal to some peoples worst mightmare
Thanks beach, It was a tricky shot to get, had to be quick.

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cool pic .how did you take it without the spider web?thanks for sharing
Thanks sHIMUZUKi, The spider was moving down off a benchtop and for some reason the web it was leaving behind was very fine and did not show up in the photo cheers.

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Thanks Sparda for the comments, it was a tricky shot and had to be quick it was on the move cheers.
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I love all the detail in this one Steve and the background colour is so well matched. This is outstanding work.

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Old 10-14-2009, 08:05 PM
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Great shot Steve - well captured. Cheers, Bernz
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Thanks Bernz.
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Old 10-14-2009, 10:37 PM
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Ugh! (and that's not a negative comment!)
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Great pic. Creepy subject, but still a great pic. LOL
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