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27-MAY-2005

Raining Baby Spiders!

This image is visited by a lot of people, so a little info might be appropriate:
Stepped outside of my New Jersey home one day, and saw an orange fuzzy cluster in a spider web. It didn't really look like anything except, well, an orange fuzzy cluster. So I blew on it. Aahh, a thousand baby spiders!
So I ran inside and got my camera. In the interim, apparently the law of gravitational attraction was re-applied, and the cluster regathered. Got the camera ready, and blew on it again. Took picture. Showered. Rinsed. Repeat.

Nikon D70
1/400s f/22.0 at 100.0mm iso400 with Flash hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time27-May-2005 17:54:52
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D70
Flash UsedYes
Focal Length100 mm
Exposure Time1/400 sec
Aperturef/22
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance

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photom 14-May-2010 22:27
Best macro i seen in a long period. 50mm and closeup/extension rings?..
thenickster 22-Apr-2008 05:16
I found the same spiders in my yard in San Francisco! I need a macro lens! Any idea what kind they are? I loved watching them rain down and climb back into their cluster.
Guest 14-Jan-2007 12:25
This is one very interesting shot
Guest 08-Aug-2006 03:42
Wow! I actually had a cluster of these same spiders outside my front door last summer. I tried to take pictures too, but they didn't turn out nearly as wonderful as yours.
Argishti Khachik26-May-2006 08:45
WOW! Amazing shot!
Guest 19-May-2006 05:22
Are those baby black widows? Just kidding! :)
REALLY cool pic! Almost looks like a studio shot with the white background (overcast day?).
I'm trying to think of a neat place for you to print or commercialize this interesting image. Mousepad might be too obvious. Necktie perhaps? Kids' pyjamas for a Baby Spider Man? :)