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Spider of the Future Making of: this is just a simple small spider found in our garden. I took a macro shot in portrait mode, exactly parallel to the side of the web. Next, I rotated the canvas in Photoshop to place it horizontally. Araneus diadematus,Europe,European garden spider,Geotagged,Macro,Netherlands,The Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Spider of the Future

Making of: this is just a simple small spider found in our garden. I took a macro shot in portrait mode, exactly parallel to the side of the web. Next, I rotated the canvas in Photoshop to place it horizontally.

    comments (3)

  1. Fantastic shot, made all the more better being horizontal! Posted 11 years ago
  2. Good idea to rotate, very nice alienating result! Posted 11 years ago
    1. Thank you. Fun fact: I used the program "Alien exposure" for the color effects. Posted 11 years ago

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The spider species "Araneus diadematus" is commonly called the European garden spider, diadem spider, orangie, cross spider and crowned orb weaver. It is sometimes called the pumpkin spider, although this name is also used for a different species, "Araneus marmoreus". It is an orb-weaver spider found in Europe and North America.

Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Aug 10, 2014. Captured Aug 9, 2014 19:33 in Burgemeester van Hulstlaan 37, 5384 LR Heesch, Netherlands, The Netherlands.
  • NIKON D800
  • f/11.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO100
  • 105mm