Bowl and Doily Spider

Bowl and Doily Spider

The B and D Spider has been around for at least a couple weeks now.  In case you are unfamiliar with it, you can read about it at Wikipedia.  Usually their webs are close to the ground and I don't comfortably get down there any more.  I found one spun at height that worked for me so I photographed it.

Bowl and Doily Spider

 I used my Sigma 105 mm macro lens on a 2x converter which yielded the view I wanted.   We had plenty of light but it was directional, lighting the abdominal end of the spider.  It contained lots of contrast.  I added light from a slave flash to light the head end.  I held the flash in my left hand.

Bowl and Doily Spider

I wanted to see the face of this tiny spider but did not find satisfaction with these images.

I made these shots the day before I went to Dayton and did not view them until after my return.  I will occasionally return to a web and shoot again but not in this case.  

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