Remnants from last year, including the spider legs! You may notice there is not much of a body to go with these spider legs but the legs themselves were quite well-preserved.
© Karen McRae, 2014
Remnants from last year, including the spider legs! You may notice there is not much of a body to go with these spider legs but the legs themselves were quite well-preserved.
© Karen McRae, 2014
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Amazing!!
Thank you, Cath! A little strange maybe, but those spider legs were kind of interesting. : )
I don’t like spiders but love these pictures.
I can assure you this spider was of no immediate threat.
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoy them.
These could possibly be the best looking spider photos I’ve ever seen.
Because the spider is dead? : )
Thanks very much, Ken.
I love the last one where the spider looks like part of the plant 🙂
Yeah, I like the way that worked out too. : )
Thank you, Karl.
Karen, what did you tell that spider to make it pose like that?! These two were meant for each other! Beautiful! 🙂
Well, it appears half of a spider is more cooperative than a whole one. ; )
Thanks, Marina!
…dumb dumb me!
Yes, amazing that it stayed intact through the winter! Was this outside, Karen?
The spider was in a little web just inside the garage door – it caught my eye when the sun hit it and you could still see the all little hairs on the legs, so I decided to photograph it. The seed heads were nearby, so…
…they were used as a posing stand. Very nice arrangement, Karen!
omg. glorious! i love these colours.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. The subject and its shapes are so interesting, and the color! It’s . . . pure . . . Karen McRae.
That first image is absolutely stunning.
Lovely composition and use of bokeh.
Every little hair on the poor deceased spider’s legs contrasting with the soft hues and muted glory of the seed head. Terrific!
Love this, Karen. Looks a lot like Spring!
Beautiful, Karen. The spider’s legs are fascinating.. the colors, textures. Wonderful details.
what attention and eye. never ceases to amaze me.
Awesome shots, Karen.
“A little strange maybe…”? Did I tell you that I have a collection of dead bugs? Some day I’ll get around to photographing them…
Wonderful Karen, Beautifully muted colours and that, once again, captivating selective focusing. Love it.
Such delicate photography, beautiful.
Fascinating images, Karen! Such delicate detail and light.
Beautiful! 😊
Such delicate mood and light. Beautifully shallow depth of field. Simply wonderful.
Oh what magnificent tiny creatures!! You have truly captured their beauty, elegance & innocence …
… and yes, ever so delicate…
amazing and delicate!
Your a natural talent, love your photos!
Tremendous photos, the subject is fascinating ~ and the lighting/DOF brings these shots eerily alive.
Absolutely phenomenal!
Balletic and sad – these are really moving, Karen.
Fascinating, delicate beautiful images Karen.
breathtaking macros;) bigup
Hehe, great tribute to the spider! Lovely art work, Karen!
Beautiful images. My first impression was that you had photographed a fairy! That gold is so ethereal and light filled. Beautiful.
Really beautiful. Steven McCabe’s comment is spot on. Very ethereal & fairylike. Perfect.
These are slightly eerie, but still beautiful. The spider looks as though it has become part of the seed head.
Amazing Macro
Still gives me a little shudder 😉
: )
Decidedly spooky!.
I love the way you have worked with the delicate beauty of the spider. in death it seems to have become part of the plant.
I have never seen images like it before! Wonderfully spooky and delicately tender at the same time. Your visual perception for things is very sharp, you see things where others would just pass by! Thanks for sharing your intimate vision with Nature!