Argiope by taggart

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Argiope

Agile and quick, and well fed it seems, this gaily dressed spider measures about 1 inch without his legs. Right before my lens, he darted to the side of his web, snatched a cabbage white and wrapped it up for storage in a matter of 3 shutter clicks! (see v 2)
Amazing!

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Camera:	Nikon D300 Check out Nikon Nation!
Lens:	Tamron 180 mm Check out Totally Tamron!
Recording media:	RAW (digital)

Title:	Argiope
Username:	taggart
Uploaded:	20 Sep 2011 - 12:06 AM
Tags:	Close-up / macro, General, Specialist / abstract, Spider, Wildlife / nature
Votes:	69
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RonnieAG (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 12:13 AM

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Excellent macro work on this brightly marked spider, Jenn: it must be some size when the legs are taken into account. Amazing just how quickly it was able to parcel up it's catch.......fascinating stuff.
Ronnie.

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gajewski (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 12:14 AM

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Wow -- two great macro shots and very informative commentary.
-=\Walter

morpheus1955 (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 12:16 AM

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Two amazing shots Jenn, superb detail and colours, beautifully captured.

Hugh

mikbee (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 12:18 AM

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A full sized meal for it here Jenn !!
Super shots.
Excellent close ups.
Mick.

johnjones

20 Sep 2011 - 12:31 AM

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Two excellent shots brill detail in both looks scary .
jj

JPatrickM

20 Sep 2011 - 12:34 AM

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Two superlative macro shots, and what a story they tell ! Very well caught.
Patrick

andylea (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 12:45 AM

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two stunning lose up's jenn fantastic detail brilliant colours can't split these two so half a vote each today nice ones Wink
andy

dawnmichelle (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 12:49 AM

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awesome shots Jennn..

Chinga (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 2:06 AM

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Thanks for the info! What an amazing creature!
Well spotted and well captured action! IB

Anna62

20 Sep 2011 - 5:55 AM

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such a sharp and detailed image Jenn...love v1

brownsilent (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 6:45 AM

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Awwwww Jenn! You overdid yourself once again! What a super duo of images! Wrap for breakfast... or is it a spring roll?
Johanna

helenlinda (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 7:41 AM

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Amazing shots Jenn
Helen

fentiger

20 Sep 2011 - 7:53 AM

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Super capture of a very colourful spider.

Albert

barbarahirst (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 8:23 AM

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Stunned I am ....

Rolepics (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 8:38 AM

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Just superb. Carole

marktc (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 9:12 AM

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Terrific macro... just perfect

gingerdelight (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 9:41 AM

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That's one big spider! Well captured indeed Jenn, and you deserve a medal for getting so close!!
Carol

lesliea (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 10:32 AM

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Very nice image great colours well taken.
Allen,

FeatherFriend (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 10:50 AM

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So well timed Jenn,
Geoff.

SlowSong (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 11:01 AM

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Terrific pictures. I love V2 with what I presume is the wing of the butterfly. Excellent both.
Chris

SteveMoulding (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 11:15 AM

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A superb pair of macro's, V1 is stunning the detail outstanding.
Steve.

Maiwand (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 11:43 AM

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What a beautiful Spider Jennn. Two cracking good shots.
Ron

metro074 (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 12:06 PM

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An excellent macro. Super detail and light. Well done
Carol

Joline (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 12:25 PM

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Murder in the garden.....wonderful shots, both.

LexEquine

20 Sep 2011 - 2:40 PM

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'Superb DOF, color, tones, details, & composition on both macro Images'~ Peter

Niknut (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 4:44 PM

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Ooooooo.....faultless quality shot !!!!!.....hope you kept your fingers out of it's way ??

kathyg15

20 Sep 2011 - 5:26 PM

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We have these also, your braver than I am, I don't think I could get close enough for a macro, fear spiders, As Always a superb job Jenn!!...Kathy

jonwebber

20 Sep 2011 - 5:27 PM

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Superb photography.
jon

pluckyfilly (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 5:34 PM

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strong colour for a spider and by the description quite large in body, V2 an interesting, can I say action shot

PattiW (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 5:51 PM

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Excellent! Patti

prabhusinha (e2 Member)

20 Sep 2011 - 6:32 PM

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Great

Ridgeway

21 Sep 2011 - 3:40 AM

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Very nice Jenn ,loving the colours in this guy,,
Eat in or take out,,,wrap it says the sider,,take out,,sorry it is 3;30am,

Aidan,,

jasonrwl (e2 Member)

21 Sep 2011 - 7:30 AM

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Stunning images Jenn and what a beautiful creature
Jason

NeilWigan (e2 Member)

21 Sep 2011 - 2:03 PM

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well caught details ,never seen a spider that colour before.

ChiliMan (e2 Member)

21 Sep 2011 - 6:17 PM

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No...WAY. I can't believe you caught a spider parceling its prey!!! Awesome...

A...

pascalg (e2 Member)

22 Sep 2011 - 5:44 PM

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excellent esp. #1!!

Glostopcat (e2 Member)

24 Sep 2011 - 3:27 PM

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Terrific natural history photography Jennnnn, you've captured the moment perfectly

accipiter (e2 Member)

24 Sep 2011 - 5:05 PM

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Great images Jenn and an amazing bit of natural history. A

tepot

28 Sep 2011 - 4:02 PM

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Superbly sharp, and what great colours.

Terry.

annettep38 (e2 Member)

29 Sep 2011 - 9:54 PM

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an amazing documenton of a greedy assault in cold blood Wink
in perfect detail and light!

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