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May 18, 2008, 5:12:17 PM
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:iconduncan-blues:
I had to chase this little bug-eyed monster around one of the flower boxes on our balcony for several minutes before I got a decent shot at it.
This little spider was pretty shy and always tried to hide on the opposide side of the railing. As you can perhaps guess from the picture, this spider had excellent eyesight and so it was hard to take a picture without it zipping away again.
This picture also showed me the limitations of my 16-105mm lens for macro shots. I had to use a 100% crop to get a big enough picture of the small spider. It shows in the limited sharpness of the picture. Pity. I hope I can afford a dedicated macro lens in the near future.

Picture taken with a Sony Alpha 700 and a Sony 16-105mm lens.
Please note: This is no stock image. Do not copy, alter or redistribute without prior permission, thank you.
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:iconleedassin:
Very cute, looks like he's ready to jump any second! o.O
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:iconduncan-blues:
*duncan-blues Jan 21, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
And jump he can! He's a zebra spider (Salticus scenicus).
They are rather common around here.
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:iconjosh-monreaux:
(GN)AW! WOOK AD IM! WOOK AD-AH WIDDLE GUY! EES SO CUUUUUUTE!!!
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~cougar1989 Oct 22, 2008  Hobbyist General Artist
Ein Lübecker,der excellente Fotos macht

Wenn ich durch Lübeck gehe ärgere ich mich
immer wieder über unsere "Architekten/Stadtplaner"
bzw über ihre Arbeit.

Die Fotos vom Salzspeicher haben mir gezeigt das
es doch noch sehr schöne Ecken gibt (die dazu noch sehr gut fotografiert sind -Respekt- )

Grüße aus der Altstadt
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*duncan-blues Oct 26, 2008  Hobbyist Photographer
Bin zwar kein Lübecker sondern Exil-Schaumburger im Bergischen Land (bei Wuppertal), trotzdem danke für den Kommentar.
Bin ab und zu mal in Travemünde wenn ich auf den Weg in den Urlaub nach Schweden bin (Fähre nach Trelleborg) und beim letzten Besuch in Travemünde habe ich mal einen Abstecher nach Lübeck gemacht. Hatte leider nicht genug Zeit für mehr Fotos.
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:iconcrown-of-oak:
SOOOOO CUTE
i'd want one but its a spider, but still awwwww
damn australia has poisenous ugly spiders :(


want spider ^-^
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*duncan-blues May 20, 2008  Hobbyist Photographer
I'd trade you Australia for my little spider. Deal? :D

I plan to visit Australia in October for three weeks. Will visit Alice Springs, Kings Canyon, Uluru, Coober Pedy, Kangaroo Island, a bit of the Great Ocean Road, Melbourne and Sydney. Almost too much for only three weeks (can't afford a longer trip *sigh*) and yet I already know that I will be sad in the end that I couldn't see more of the country (like the Great Barrier Reef or all of Northern and Western Australia).
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~Jhessill May 19, 2008  Hobbyist Writer
My first thought of this SPIDER, mind you, was "CUTE!"

I hate spiders, but he's so adoreable.
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*duncan-blues May 19, 2008  Hobbyist Photographer
Yeah it looks rather cute and fuzzy. I don't mind spiders much, even the bigger ones.
Mind you, in Germany, there aren't any dangerous spiders, so for me it's basically "live and let live".
One night last year, I stumbled across one HUGE spider in our kitchen. That one was almost 8 cm in diameter (fortunately just very, very long legs and a comparatively small body) and thus roughly ten times the size of this one. At that moment, I decided that even -my- love of animals has it's limits! :D
I fetched a big glass and a piece of cardboard, caught the spider and released it into the wild a few yards down the road to make sure it didn't came right back.
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~Jhessill May 20, 2008  Hobbyist Writer
/chuckle. Sounds like what I commonly call a Daddy Long-Legs. Still, spiders are useful, I just hate having them in the house. I only squash them when left with no other alternative or if I know they're harmful to the minions.
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