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Mousetoescamper

(6,819 posts) Thu Sep 4, 2025, 08:49 PM Sep 4

Orchard orbweaver, second try

This is the same spider I photographed for my post "A wee beauty". I'd used a handheld camera for that shot, but for this photo I used a monopod to steady the camera. Taken yesterday afternoon in my back yard.

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Orchard orbweaver, second try (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Sep 4 OP

Beautiful. applegrove Sep 4 #1

Thanks, applegrove! Mousetoescamper Sep 4 #3

Wow, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 4 #2

Thanks, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Sep 4 #4

I can believe that! And we're not getting any younger either! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 4 #5

Your monopod made a difference Mousetoescamper! Image improved! George McGovern Sep 4 #6

Indeed. Thanks! Mousetoescamper Sep 5 #7

:) Solly Mack Sep 5 #8

applegrove

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1. Beautiful.

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Thu Sep 4, 2025, 08:55 PM

Sep 4

Mousetoescamper

(6,819 posts)

3. Thanks, applegrove!

Reply to applegrove (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 4, 2025, 09:29 PM

Sep 4

CaliforniaPeggy

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2. Wow, my dear Mousetoescamper!

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Thu Sep 4, 2025, 09:08 PM

Sep 4

The first photo was brilliant.

But this one is better!

Getting this close makes for better details, and color as well as composition.

BRAVO!

Mousetoescamper

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4. Thanks, Peggy!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 4, 2025, 09:36 PM

Sep 4

These tiny spiders spin delicate webs that move in the slightest of breezes. Getting close, which involves bending or squatting to get beneath the web, was easier on the body when using the monopod.