Spiders… attack!
21 May
Normally, I am terrified of spiders, but when I was out walking around and desperate for ANYthing slightly interesting to take a photo of, this spider egg sac hanging delicately within all these strangely curly tree branches made for an interesting shot to try and play around with, so I shot this (among others):
And then, as I’m snapping shots of this gross little pouch, the EGGS HATCHED.
I’m totally amazed that I didn’t immediately run screaming from the little surplus-legged demon babies, but I was so focused on trying to get an interesting shot that I just kept telling myself they couldn’t reach me and didn’t have their baby teeth yet, and I’m really glad I stayed and took more shots. I mean, that’s a pretty cool before and after, right? :)
Here’s my favorite after shot:
I really wish I’d had a macro lens to take some close-ups while I had the nerve, but I’m still pretty happy with what I did get. Any suggestions for how I could’ve taken a more interesting shot? I’m still pretty frustrated with my level of understanding of aperture… it’s on the verge of going click in my brain, but I’m not quite there yet.
