Oh what a tangled web we weave ....

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  Found this web stretched over a hanging basket  in the garden .... 

[Fogey]

Has that had your flower treatment Polly, or is that natural aperture blurring.

 

[Paul]

Beautiful orb weaver - hard to tell from this side, but I think it's a cross spider - Araneus diadematus.

Paul.

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40 minutes ago, Paul said:

Beautiful orb weaver - hard to tell from this side, but I think it's a cross spider - Araneus diadematus.

Paul.

Irritated maybe Paul .... but hardly cross just cos I was taking a photo of it !! 

 

 

3 hours ago, Fogey said:

Has that had your flower treatment Polly, or is that natural aperture blurring.

 

No flower treatment Fogey ...in fact apart from a darkening vignette to  highlight the spider, it's straight out of the camera slightly cropped .. can't remember what lens I'll go check exif ....  

 

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Just checked Fogey ... it was my wide angle 10-24 mm f4 lens ... aperture 5.7  manual  focus , ss 1/250.... I thought I  had better check as  I  knew I had been experimenting with the wide angle lens  for close up work as I had seen Paul working with  wide angle lens  for some macro  work he was doing ... I was really impressed and  am seriously contemplating getting the  Laowa 15mm f/4 wide angle macro with adaptor   for my fuji XT 3... especially for my floral  stuff ...

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Here's another view of the spider Paul ....

 

[Ryewolf]

Definitely looks like a Cross Spider

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I keep saying ...  irritated maybe ....but not cross !