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European Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)

European Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)

I was roaming around my front garden looking for something to photograph with my macro lens.....and then I saw this. Only 12mm long, but beautiful markings....
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I was roaming around my front garden looking for something to photograph with my macro lens.....and then I saw this. Only 12mm long, but beautiful markings.
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camera

NIKON D800

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settings

Aperture f/10 ISO 320 Shutter 1/125 Focal Length 1050/10

location

location

Northamptonshire, GB

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upload_date

Sep, 2019

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86

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