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Stalk by ~wolfskin:iconwolfskin:

Categories Photography > Animals, Plants & Nature > Invertebrates

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Have you ever wanted to simultaneously drop dead from fear, and take a decent photo? *points up* I have!

This was the only one of the many photos I took of this spider to turn out. All the rest were blurry, likely because I was shaking. =P

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~omeletteman Jan 30, 2006, 9:50:48 PM
Holy crap thats awesome! This almost looks like its digital art, just cause I would never expect to see a spider so creepy looking and up close.
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~manducabulla Jan 30, 2006, 10:01:08 PM
ewwww... you are one brave person :giggle:

you will never see me do that ever...

fantastic photograph btw :clap:

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~HippySpawn Jan 30, 2006, 10:02:03 PM
WOW! :eyepopping: beautiful shot. Nicely done. :clap:

I was shooting a big spider like that in it's web and couldn't figure out why I couldn't get it focused. When I looked it was because I had got to close. It was standing on the end of my lens. :omfg:
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~LobotomizedGoat Jan 30, 2006, 11:26:00 PM
Nice shot! How big was he?

We have some lakes up here in California, around our wine county, that are home to some very large tarantulas; roughly 6-12cm across. When we stay there durring the summer they are often migrating across the roads... lots of em. 8-) I'll get some picks for ya next time I'm there.

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~Lingrem Jan 30, 2006, 11:33:49 PM
That's an awesome shot.. and I know what you mean! Over the summer I found myself much too close to some insects.. but I wanted to get a picture of them so I was like '........... ok... NO sudden movements..." of course one time the wind blew the spider and the spider web closer to me and I jumped back and screamed.. but overall all is well ;)
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*theperfectjez Jan 30, 2006, 11:36:15 PM
scary... but oh so cool!!! :D :D :D :D :D i am sure that this little fella is small?? mainly cause the plant he is standin on has one mighty big stem if he is big... so cool....

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~HippySpawn Jan 30, 2006, 11:43:16 PM
I've seen that down here in So Cal too. It's a sight you just never get used to. That many BIG spiders all moving in the same direction. Not just hundreds either... thousands and thousands.
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~wolfskin Jan 30, 2006, 11:58:47 PM
Not all that small. Maybe 6 centimetres long? I'm so bad with guessing lengths. =P

Thanks :lol:

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~wolfskin Jan 31, 2006, 12:01:13 AM
:lmao: I had something similar happen last week, with a different spider. I kept getting closer and closer to try and improve the focus, and I was so intent on the LCD screen while taking photos, that when one preview disappeared and all I could see was blur, I actually had no idea what had happened. So I looked over the top of the camera just in time to see the spider make another charge at my camera. I did the screaming and jumping thing, too. =P

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