Webs
I am not proud of this, but I am scared of spiders. Not terrified, just scared. I don’t like that they can run like hell and then squeeze into the smallest space imaginable. It troubles me that they play dead. Seems to be an unfair advantage. But, I try to avoid killing them (even though my first impulse is to do so) because I know they are forces of good and are part of the increasingly delicate balance out there. But, give me a spider web and I am instantly their biggest fan. I keep meaning to photograph the webs that appear daily in between the rungs on our deck, but never quite get around to it. It was very foggy last night and Chris starting taking pictures of them with his iPhone. He showed me the absolutely stunning results and I immediately asked him if I could post them. He suggested I take some of my own. Anyway, these are my photos, but his lovely idea.
Sunday 10.07.12 at 12:41 pm
Particularly lovely post. I too have spiders similarly industrious in my modest backyard in London. They keep me & the cat happy, in different ways. Wish I could take photos like yours, though.
Sunday 10.07.12 at 9:59 pm
I only dislike spiders when they make their webs in my abode, but even then I try to capture them and release them into the wild (aka my front yard). Beautiful images; iPhone photography does it again–just this weekend I tried to capture an amazing web (with its creator at the center) on “film” with my DSLR but had a very difficult time of it.
Thursday 10.11.12 at 3:32 pm
THESE ARE SPECTACULAR!!! i thought i’d caught some good shots, but compared to Peacock, I’m an amateur!