Up close and personal
By: Anne Corke
Tags: daylily, Photography, spider
Category: Gardening, Photography
| Aperture: | f/4 |
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| Focal Length: | 6mm |
| Shutter: | 1/0 sec |
I love taking pictures of flowers. But I never really looked at flowers until I started taking closeups. Only when I began to do macro shots of my flowers did I realize that not only are they beautiful, they are also incredibly intricate structures. One of the first that I examined was the very common perennial cornflower (centaurea montana). At macro setting, the symmetry and the colours were truly amazing. I was hooked. Now I get up close and personal with all my plants and discover the wonderful details in the design. And more often than not, I also discover the insects that inhabit my flower bed, too, such as this gorgeous little flower spider on my “Peterborough” daylily.
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it’s a goldenrod spider – a member of the Thomisidae family of flower spiders. completely harmless & yes – lovely…
Lovely photo, Anne. I luv the up close & personal approach. It seems to become a landscape within itself.