A couple of spiders

[ajohnw]

There has not been many around here this year. I just found 2 in the garden today. This one was about 8mm long and the wrong side of the web. When I pushed some branches out of the way to get another shot it scooted.



Unfortunately this one moved into a less favourable position by the time I had fetched the camera. The bulbous part of the body was under 5mm dia.



It was side on and on top of the web when I first saw it.

Both E-M5, 75-300mm plus an achro close up lens. Focal lengths as per exif.

mmmmm I just did one from raw and found that the 2x digital converter was on when I took these jpg's. I should have been able to see that in the viewfinder

John
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[Geoff F]

The second one, John, is a Linyphiidae; and at this time of the year I would guess Linyphia triangularis, but there are a few alternatives.

They construct a very fine horizontal web and usually sit underneath it. If you look closely at the web design it will be a wonder of engineering with many carefully placed vertical hanging supports. Quite different from the more 'traditional' web constructed by the Araneus diadematus (Garden Spider) in the first photo.

[ajohnw]

Thanks Geoff.

John
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[IzzieK]

Wow John...I like #2 image very much...I see it differently like as it the web is water and the little guy (?) is underneath it with the top forming like splashes...very nice..

[ajohnw]

Thanks Izzie. The garden spider is a lot better than one I took a couple of years ago so I am pleased with that one too.

As the digital zoom was on these are not far off 100% resolution crops. On the other hand this has probably given me a lot of depth of field. I'm not at all sure how this has happened. The info displayed in the viewfinder has changed. I sometime suspect Oly have software gremlins. Do this, do that etc and something else changes.

John
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