The SpYder who came in from the cold

This little fella was in the very 1st images i posted in YOP back in July. as he only comes out at night i decided to invite him inside for a little while and capture a few images through the macro lenses. Previous images taken through my Sigma 70-300mm Macro lens.







Its crazy really knowing how close i got to him to image him, a couple of inches away, not so long back you`d be lucky to see me within a few feet of a spider this size. Still not brave enough to pick him up with bare hands though

Great shots Mark. Much as i hate the thought of spiders that last one is amazing

yuk hahahaha

Thank you Dave and Cakey.

I will have to play around with the last one as i wanted to show up all his eyes, all 8 of them

Mark, what lens did you have on the last one? It looks well framed with nasty looking eyes. Just a shame the hairs on the legs are a bit soft.


I like spiders, always have. They help to get rid of flies.... Now flies are proper yuk.

I dont mind spiders but their webs freak me out

We have a coal shed that had not been opened for about 20 years until 2007, when i did open it i was greeted by a spiders web from floor to ceiling. I`d hate to see the spider that lived in it,lol