spider

Trying to convey a story in photography has a strong allure for me, yet I find myself caught in the action of taking the shot before seeing what a sequence could show. So, in testing out a new lens, I spotted a struggle for life in my garden that's all too often viewed from only one side. The...

While walking along one of the paths in the hills around Taipei, Taiwan I came across a very large spider. The span of the legs was greater than my hand with fingers spread out -- a very BIG spider. It was just finishing its meal. Notice the small baby (???) spiders crawling...

A Orb Weaver. This one was up in the arbor roofing, so I had to climb a ladder to get close enough. It "sleeps" most of the day and does its hunting at night. I am enjoying the high ISO performance of this camera. ISO 3200, f/5.6, 1/125 second, 180mm ISO 10000, f/8, 1/320 second, 180mm