"Laws, like the spider's web . . .

Posted by
Steven (Chicagoland, United States) on 8 October 2015 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

. . . catch the fly and let the hawk go free." - Spanish proverb

Photo taken September 4, 2015.

NIKON D7000 1/8 second F/5.0 ISO 1600 78 mm (35mm equiv.)

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Comments (31)

tataray from Charentes-Poitou, France

Superbes détails. Impeccable toile. )
Bien en N/B.

8 Oct 2015 5:03am

Graciel·la (Vic. Catalonia) from CAT. New European State, Poland

OHHH ! Real as life itself ! Very few big birds are caught .

Nice shot

8 Oct 2015 7:41am

Anne from France

Nice.

8 Oct 2015 8:23am

Lougris from Toulouse, France

Un rendu très graphique ici !!

8 Oct 2015 10:07am

beach from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Oh, what a tangled web we weave, don't we? Good capture.

8 Oct 2015 12:35pm

Rick from Toronto, Canada

Lit so perfectly for this shot.

8 Oct 2015 12:49pm

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Nice image and meaningful proverb !

8 Oct 2015 12:54pm

Etsu from Kyoto, Japan

Amazing shot. Excellent.

8 Oct 2015 2:33pm

Don from Spokane, United States

A fine close up of this spider's creation. An excellent image.

8 Oct 2015 3:00pm

Mhelene from Villiers-sur-Marne, France

Superb capture of the web !

8 Oct 2015 4:16pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

I like the contrast which shows off the shape beautifully

8 Oct 2015 5:15pm

Francisco Romero from Leon, Spain

Great work with the contrast. Really impacting image.

8 Oct 2015 5:48pm

Anita B from Redon, France

Of a beautiful graphics and this bottom is well to him

8 Oct 2015 7:06pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

Ms. Spider needs to do some repair work or she wont catch the fly. A superb capture of the web which looks great in B&W.

8 Oct 2015 7:10pm

Adela Fonts from Barcelona, Spain

A symbol very interesting! Nice picture! Best, Adela

8 Oct 2015 7:16pm

Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States

Gorgeous light and a fabulous b&w image! Such a beautiful pattern!

8 Oct 2015 7:26pm

Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada

That proverb is all too true.
A very nice image to illustrate it.

8 Oct 2015 9:59pm

Denny Jump Photo from Easton, PA, United States

This is tremendous, Steven :-)

9 Oct 2015 12:43am

Harry from Apex, NC, United States

A fine pre- Halloween image.

9 Oct 2015 1:10am

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Quelle belle toile et vue merveilleuse compo avec l'araignée
amitié

9 Oct 2015 3:04am

Martine from Brest, France

J'aime beaucoup les détails.

9 Oct 2015 4:15am

Shaahin Bahremand from Tehran, Iran

magnificent shot

9 Oct 2015 7:23am

Tomek from Poznań, Poland

superb contrast.

9 Oct 2015 12:13pm

Marc from Granby, Canada

Nice choice for the B/W the web is realy popping out!

9 Oct 2015 1:07pm

Samane from Malayer, Iran

aw....

9 Oct 2015 2:01pm

L'Angevine from Angers, France

bel effet

9 Oct 2015 2:13pm

Patrick M. from Lille, France

Perfect light on this spider web

9 Oct 2015 2:22pm

fateme@@ from Dezful, Iran

Beautiful light.

9 Oct 2015 6:52pm

Moridi from Tehran, Iran

Very good capture. Superb.

10 Oct 2015 10:26am

Urspo from Phoenix, United States

And just in time for All Hallow's Eve.

10 Oct 2015 9:20pm

fereshteh. from Iran

Great light

11 Oct 2015 8:03pm

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