Gonna catch you

Posted by dobbino (Cape Town, South Africa) on 10 February 2009 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Completely opposite shot to yesterday's - this is a really tiny little creature. It's one of those spiders that spin their webs at night, and then get rid of them (eat them?) at first light the following morning. We were sitting on our patio and Jacqui spotted this guy spinning his web for the night. I tried shots with different lenses and this was the best of the bunch. Even with the high ISO, I had to use the flash. I found this a really challenging shot as there was a gentle wind blowing, and on to of that the spider just would not keep still!
In the end, though, I was happy with this result, especially being able to catch the eyes of this amazing spider.

Title from the song by Lonnie Gordon

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