Thorny- Thorny- Spider On My Flower is a photograph by Thomas D McManus which was uploaded on November 16th, 2012.
Thorny- Thorny- Spider On My Flower
I found this large spider on a flower just waiting to be photographed. I was somewhat afraid the spider would either flee or try to bite my camera... more
Title
Thorny- Thorny- Spider On My Flower
Artist
Thomas D McManus
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
I found this large spider on a flower just waiting to be photographed. I was somewhat afraid the spider would either flee or try to bite my camera lens. I was wrong it just looked at me as if I was an alien creature from another world ( not his insect world). This photograph was one of my first ventures into insect photography and photomacrophy. I took this photo in 1957 using an old Agfa fold-out camera that used 2.25"x3.25" sheet film, only able to use black and white film back in those times, I had no color film to fit this camera. I removed the front element of the lens and was able to get in closer. No electronic flash was used, only sunlight. Recently the negative was scanned with an Epson V600 photo scanner onto a digital file. I used Adobe Photoshop to clean-up and correct the image.
Uploaded
November 16th, 2012