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Mousetoescamper

(6,624 posts) Thu Sep 4, 2025, 08:49 PM Thursday

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 Thursday OP

Beautiful. applegrove Thursday #1

Thanks, applegrove! Mousetoescamper Thursday #3

Wow, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Thursday #2

Thanks, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Thursday #4

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

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

Indeed. Thanks! Mousetoescamper Friday #7

:) Solly Mack Friday #8

applegrove

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1. Beautiful.

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Thu Sep 4, 2025, 08:55 PM

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Mousetoescamper

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3. Thanks, applegrove!

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Thu Sep 4, 2025, 09:29 PM

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CaliforniaPeggy

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2. Wow, my dear Mousetoescamper!

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Thu Sep 4, 2025, 09:08 PM

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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!

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Thu Sep 4, 2025, 09:36 PM

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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.