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Golden orb web spider

Golden orb web spider

Golden orb web spider (Nephila senegalensis), Thornybush Nature Reserve, South Africa

Golden orb web spider (Nephila senegalensis), Thornybush Nature Reserve, South Africa
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Canon EOS 7D

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Aperture f/9 ISO 320 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 32/1

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Jul, 2017

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142

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+6

Awards

Peer Award

Superb Composition

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It was big but the angle makes it look huge. It pays to keep your eyes open on early mornings in the bush as spiders build their webs across the tracks. I once walked into a web with a very large spider in it. It finished up straddeling my face and it felt like it had a foot on each of my ears. I'm not scared of spiders but when it was on my face I was a bit startled!

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