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While you lay sunbathing...
While you lay sunbathing...
Everyday Renee


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Challenge: Insects (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Garden
Date: Sep 3, 2003
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 2, 2003

 This is your typical Black and Yellow garden spider...harmless to humans. They don't crawl after you while you sun bathe either. This female got stuck on the garden hose which I had curled up -- when I picked it up and so I placed her on the towel. They usually make a web and stay there.

Please don't kill these guys if you see them. They are only out in the Fall. They are wonderful for your yard and eat insects you don't like...

Statistics
Place: 22 out of 137
Avg (all users): 6.5800
Avg (commenters): 6.3125
Avg (participants): 6.1667
Avg (non-participants): 7.2000
Views since voting: 1897
Votes: 150
Comments: 20
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 01/09/2004 01:38:30 PM
Man thats an awsome shot. I love animal and he is super nice.
Keep up the nice shots.
 10/26/2003 02:40:24 PM
Don't kill them? What, are you crazy? Okay, okay, I'll let them be. Besides, she's kinda cute! I love the contrast between the spider and the towel. Nice clarity to this photo, too!
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 09/20/2003 10:24:27 PM
*Critique Club*

Fantastic Macro of this spider. Only thing that could possibly improve it is if it were on something other than the towel. It really is excellent.

Anna
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 09/16/2003 07:38:34 PM
Very nice shot Renee! I'm glad the spider not an insect folks didn't vote this down too hard. I went for a 9, but hindsight says this could have easily been a 10. The level of detail is EXCELLENT! Great color. A tiny nit with the upper right corner, but honestly, I almost missed it. Your title is a killer! All around a very, very good shot!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/14/2003 10:12:54 PM
This is excellent.. very sharp and nice composition as well... = 10
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 09/14/2003 06:46:52 PM
This one is almoost too scary look at to vote on, but it is such a great picture that I decided to give it a 10.
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 09/14/2003 12:40:57 AM
Good subject, but I don't think a photo of a spider should get a good rating when the challenge calls for insects and an Argiope aurantia is an arachnid. The towel makes it look too staged and unnatural.
 09/12/2003 05:28:21 PM
Well, your title add so much menace to the shot I can't stop shivering! Great details.
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 09/09/2003 02:01:41 PM
Nice use of the title. The overall color could be a little more enhanced.
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 09/08/2003 08:22:16 PM
That's one scary bug. I love it. Jacko. 8
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 09/08/2003 06:50:36 PM
Awesome spidershot. Very unusual background, but it works. A little bit too bright in the top right (especially on the spider's leg) ... actually, now that I'm counting, there are only 6 legs. Either this is not a spider or you removed a few (ok, bad joke). Hope you are not getting hit too hard by the "it's a spider = 1" votes.

Anyhow, like the coloring and everything. There's not much I would change. :)
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 09/08/2003 06:25:41 PM
Is that a male black widow? I hope you're not laying in a hospital now because of that. Nice shot.
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 09/08/2003 05:03:54 PM
Excellant, excellant image. Superb clarity.
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 09/08/2003 04:29:49 PM
I like the point of view on this shot. Looks like the spider is coming right towards the viewer. Nice work.
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 09/08/2003 12:38:45 PM
Not considered an insect
 09/08/2003 11:33:51 AM
Wow, cool looking spider.
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 09/08/2003 11:30:37 AM
very intimidating (to a spider-phobic person like me) the motion is right there and the underlying textures are nice
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 09/08/2003 10:26:02 AM
Nice "spider" shot, but you flunk the challenge of "Insect".
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 09/08/2003 10:13:30 AM
very sinister pose. added creep factor by placing it on the towel. nice job!
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 09/08/2003 09:01:11 AM
Technically, it isn't an insect - ie it does not fall under Insecta, but under Arachnida. Trouble is, this scientific misnomer is propagated beyond this site. On the spider: nice capture of colors and even the fuzz.
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