Araneus diadematus

I first saw this spider a couple of days ago, but when I went to get the camera they had disappeared. Found them again this evening but the light was falling rapidly so I only got a few shots.

oooh I LOVE the top righthand one , fabulously crisp ...prefer the exposure on the bottom right one though , great pics

Hes got great patterns on his abdomen - nice and crisp images

Very nice , I love taking pics of my spiders, I think the ones in my garden are starting to run for cover now when they see me coming top right and bottom left really show off the markings beautifully

We always call them Dettol spiders because they have a cross on their backs just like the one on the Dettol bottles

i can never bring myself to get close enough!! Zoom and crop is what i do!

Ooooh noooo!!

Crumbs, we will have to make a macro photographer of you K Close in is the only way to go

When I put my +10 Macro lens on, you can get to about a couple of inches from them, or there abouts, I always have to check I'm not going to actually touch them, come on K, you haven't lived untill you've got up close and personal to a spider with a macro lens

Noooooo - you have to get as close as possible!! I will admit to putting my zoom on after I had used the Macro, but that was only because the light was fading fast and it has IS. However I couldn't get far enough away from the subject to be able to focus (not even with manual focus - these spiders do have a habit of building their webs in awkward places ) so had to be content with the shots I achieved with the Macro

Oh the pressure!!! *sits in dark corner rocking back and forth* LOL