Araneus diadematus

Paul Iddon · 23 Oct 2014

Go to bed, or wake up to a spider. Taken at around 11pm on Wednesday night, this is a female orb spider/cross spider - Araneus diadematus. These spiders can range from dark brown to almost yellow. This one was orange - helping her to blend in no doubt with the plant leaves and the maybe even nearby house bricks...

Exif:
Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK
Camera: Canon EOS 70D
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Exposure: Manual exposure, 1/250 sec, f/10, ISO 125 to 200

Paul.

richardfrost · 23 Oct 2014

Beautiful images there Paul. Such detail. Scary and yet majestic, if you see what I mean. Great work.

Paul Iddon · 23 Oct 2014

richardfrost said:
Beautiful images there Paul. Such detail. Scary and yet majestic, if you see what I mean. Great work.

Cheers Richard, and welcome to the macro section

Paul.

G.K.Jnr. · 23 Oct 2014

One word Paul "Excellent". Any chance of putting something not so good in to give me a chance. (Only joking matey). Great stuff as always I love seeing your work.

George.

Carlh · 23 Oct 2014

Thats a beaut Paul. 1,5,7 are my favs, very nice and one hairy bugger

Paul Iddon · 23 Oct 2014

G.K.Jnr. said:
One word Paul "Excellent". Any chance of putting something not so good in to give me a chance. (Only joking matey). Great stuff as always I love seeing your work.

George.

Carlh said:
Thats a beaut Paul. 1,5,7 are my favs, very nice and one hairy bugger

Cheers guys. They make great subjects along with the zebra spiders.

Paul.

TimmyG · 23 Oct 2014

Very nice Paul! I love the spikey look to these guys. Can't pick a fav, they are all great

Paul Iddon · 23 Oct 2014

TimmyG said:
Very nice Paul! I love the spikey look to these guys. Can't pick a fav, they are all great

Thank you Tim, much appreciated.

A long time ago I won a the Digital Print of the Year when I used to frequent my camera club with a spider photo not to dis-similar to the first one seen here.

Paul.