jrsosky

Black widow on wire

Black widow on wire

Found a black widow and carefully tried to take pictures of it. A little nerve-wracking. Being so black, they seem hard to take pics of, but she clung to this w...
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Found a black widow and carefully tried to take pictures of it. A little nerve-wracking. Being so black, they seem hard to take pics of, but she clung to this wiring and gave me kind of a cool shot in a way.
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camera

Canon PowerShot G10

settings

settings

Aperture f/8.0 ISO 80 Shutter 1/500

upload_date

upload_date

May, 2013

Views

363

Likes

+8

Awards

Superb Composition

All Star

Jaw Dropping

Superior Skill

Top Choice

Outstanding Creativity

Fantastic shot....

Platinum

This is a fantastic capture! I truly HATE spiders but this is such a cool shot!

Stunning!

Not my favorite subject :) Wow what a cool shot!

Platinum

Your efforts really paid off!!

wow amazing capture

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