Early morning webs

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Early morning webs

September 28, 2014 by Mike Powell

One of the joys of arriving early at the marsh at this time of the year is having the chance to see spiders’ handiwork, backlit by the rising sun.

Posted in Arachnids, Art, Autumn, Nature, Photography | Tagged Alexandria VA, backlighting, Canon 50D, Canon 70-300mm telephoto zoom lens, Huntley Meadows Park, spider webs, sunrise, webs | 11 Comments

11 Responses

on September 28, 2014 at 9:00 am | Reply Dan Antion

Very nice!
- on September 29, 2014 at 6:53 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Dan.
on September 28, 2014 at 9:06 am | Reply New Hampshire Garden Solutions

Beautiful!
- on September 28, 2014 at 9:08 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  I find even the asymmetric, incomplete webs to be beautiful. It’s amazing that spiders are able to create these complex works of art.
on September 28, 2014 at 12:02 pm | Reply Katrina W

Beautiful captures! Webs like these are little rewards for getting out of bed early… 🙂
- on September 29, 2014 at 6:54 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  I tend to be an early riser, but it’s a whole different think to be out in the wild that early.
on September 28, 2014 at 8:24 pm | Reply judysbirds

Absolutely gorgeous, Mike!!!
- on September 29, 2014 at 6:55 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks. For some reason we haven’t had as many of the large orb weaver spiders in the past (or at least I haven’t seen them), but the webs are evidence that there are spiders and they are busy.
on September 29, 2014 at 12:17 am | Reply Lyle Krahn

That first shot is amazing. Send my regards to the spider as well.
- on September 29, 2014 at 6:58 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks. Strangely enough, I didn’t see many spiders, despite the proliferation of webs. I’ll have to see if I can get them to sign the webs so I can identify the artist.
on October 2, 2014 at 2:47 am | Reply mariekeates

One of my favourite things about autumn is the spiders webs covered in frost or dew. As a child I called them fairy webs because that’s just what they look like.