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Web & Dew

Web & Dew

Mornings in late summer are sometimes drenched in dew. By late summer, prairie meadows are fully grown, as are the orb-weaving spiders that inhabit them. This i...
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Mornings in late summer are sometimes drenched in dew. By late summer, prairie meadows are fully grown, as are the orb-weaving spiders that inhabit them. This is perfect for finding webs strung with crystalline pearls of water. Amazingly, the gossamer spider silk holds the weight of all that water, which shines in the early morning sunlight. The meadow was full of equally bejeweled webs, allowing me to choose a location where another, out of focus web could be used as background.
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OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD E-20,E-20N,E-20P

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Aperture 40/10 ISO 80 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 360/10

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Apr, 2018

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