Spider on Finger
filed under nature: Ben found a neon green spider in the back yard the other day, so I ran and grabbed my camera to preserve the moment.
Comments (12)
I think its a decent photo. It's a bit blurry but besides that I like the spider, not so often you see spiders that color, and it makes the creature look so fragile and delicate compared to the finger tip it hangs on.
Jul 19, 2006 ; 4:28 PM
Thanks for the comment, J. The blur certainly is a problem with this photo. With such a wide aperture on a macro lens, it's incredibly hard to get a clean shot when there is any kind of movement at all. Actually, one of the spider's legs is in focus, but its body isn't, and that's a shame. If I had moved my camera forward a fraction of an inch, I could have caught it. Oh well. Next time.
Jul 19, 2006 ; 8:45 PM
wow - all I know is that I would NEVER have a spider crawling around on my finger. I would flick that sucker off so fast, you wouldn't even have been able to take the shot - :) nice macro shot, tho.
Jul 20, 2006 ; 4:57 PM
hi karl -
i like the blur - it's what makes this a less scary photo to me! i am afraid of spiders, but also find them fascinating and sometimes beautiful. i have an amazing spider photo of my own that i took on vacation a few years ago. jim scared the life nearly out of me while i was staring at it, but the photo is really cool. so i can appreciate this, blur and all.
Jul 23, 2006 ; 6:57 PM
i was in focus storer and i saw a green neon spider in the bath room section.
Apr 11, 2007 ; 10:12 AM
that is an amazing photo! any idea what type of spider it is? i currently have one that i think is the same on my sink- i think it came in with some flowers i picked, but i can't find what sort it is anywhere. keep up the awsome photography anyway!
May 4, 2007 ; 10:32 PM
Thanks, Franny. Unfortunately, I have no idea what type of spider it is. If you find out, I'd love to know!
May 4, 2007 ; 10:39 PM
This looks very much like a crab spider. They come in several "neon" colors and are very common. Also not harmful to humans without alergy. Nice photo as well, like the blur effect focusing on spider.
Apr 7, 2008 ; 11:18 AM
I think it is a mopsus mormon...http://www.usq.edu.au/spider/find/spiders/453.htm
that is a detailed picture.. if not go to this site to find out http://www.usq.edu.au/spider/index.htm or maybe it's a Diaea evanida http://www.usq.edu.au/spider/find/spiders/images/333C10.jpg
i've had 4 spider bits in the past 2 months and looking for any info anyone has on keeping them out of the house !!! please
Jun 23, 2008 ; 9:19 PM
That is so cool and my mom saw one of those on her car. So she poked it with her keys and it attacked them. It made me lol. My cat will eat a spider if it sees one. It is really weird.
Jul 24, 2008 ; 12:37 PM
I think it is a beautiful photo. The spider is called a Crab Spider, of which there are some 2000 known species, 200 of which are located in North America. They have a wide variety of colors, and they do not spin webs or trap their prey. Instead they rely on their color for camoflauge and wait food to come to them. They of course are not poisonus to humans, though I am still in awe someone had the courage to hold one.
Jul 27, 2008 ; 11:49 PM
Sorry Karl, but I find this subject completely disgusting . ( That may just be the arachnaphobia speaking)I am sure that from a photographer's viewpoint is is an amazing showcase of talant-- but I still find it repulsive!
Jul 16, 2006 ; 9:59 PM