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John Vass | all galleries >> Galleries >> My Backyard > Just When…
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02-JUN-2017

Just When…

… you thought it was safe to go into the garden!

This big handsome creature lives under one of the planter boxes in the garden!
At first I thought it was a smaller but still fairly large spider sitting next to a snail shell.
When the whole thing moved as one I realized it was a really big hairy spider!
Yeah! I jumped back and did what I always do.
I put the planter back and went and got a camera!
RBHS reluctantly posed for me!
Even coxed a smile from it, at least I think it’s a smile!
Then carefully put the planter back so it could continue being a nightmare in it’s world!
Still… whenever I walk past that planter? I’ll wonder… is my RBHS okay?


Olympus TG-850
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Marcia Rules04-Jun-2017 13:41
I'd run the other direction, in search of some clean underwear.......
Gill Kopy04-Jun-2017 03:58
Smiling at the prospect of taking a nice chunk out of you :( Fabulous macro John ! V
1moremile03-Jun-2017 21:16
I had absolutely no idea spiders enjoyed a portrait session
until I saw your photos. V.
It's a smile. I'm almost sure of it.
Walter Otto Koenig03-Jun-2017 19:50
The RBHS looks even scarier in your image. Best leave the planter where it is. "V"
globalgadabout03-Jun-2017 14:54
awe-inspiring...some neighbours can be a bit intimidating...fantastic shot too..V
Neil Marcus03-Jun-2017 14:00
Wow! Some people would move out of sate from that one. Politely ask him what name he goes by..
fotabug03-Jun-2017 05:47
You better be glad you are Ok! LOL If the spider were as big as it looks in the photo, we would all be in danger. Will I have a nightmare tonight? :) Great shot, John. And bravo for going back to capture it....in pictures.