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The Tale of a Spider & a Flower -3- DSC_9190-1

The Tale of a Spider & a Flower -3- DSC_9190-1

I saw a leaf caught in what I thought was an abandoned web, thought it was beautiful and decided to try adding a Gazania flower instead. It was too heavy for t...
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I saw a leaf caught in what I thought was an abandoned web, thought it was beautiful and decided to try adding a Gazania flower instead. It was too heavy for the web and started to droop on this windy day. That's when I saw little Mr. Fatty orb weaver saunter out. Turns out the web wasn't abandoned after all. He went to work and within seconds had the flower removed from his home. Unfortunately, there was a lot of damage to his home, sorry Mr. Weaver.
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Aperture 63/10 ISO 400 Shutter 10/1000 Focal Length 750/10

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Oct, 2017

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