May 29, 2006
Surrealism
Technically they aren't surrealist. Technically, it's me playing with my closeup filters and finding, wow, if I layer the +1, +2, and +4, I have no depth of field whatsoever, and a gentle breeze acts like a gale force wind.
Really technically, I'm trying to shot a lot of pictures to see how the charge holds up in some NiMH batteries. Last night I went to a carnival on the other side of town to take some pictures of the rides at night (you know, 'cause I thought they'd look surreal), and the brand-new alkaline AAs wouldn't power the camera. I spent a couple of hours researching, reaching the conclusion that 1. batteries are a lot more complex than I thought and 2. I hate it when complex stuff that bores me gets in the way of doing simple stuff I like.
On to the pictures.
Click on the images for the full-blown versions, which are much more surreal.
Without the exaggerated depth of field and without her dead prey, this one is just a mildly out-of-focus picture of a spider. I like how you can see the web, though.
In the course of taking the pictures, I lost my balance and knocked into a fern. That was enough the crash the web. She starting rebuilding it already, but I feel bad about it.
Also, I still hate spiders. I have had Victor remove three of them from the house this weekend, and although I don't stand on a chair a scream like a girl when I see one, it's not too far from that.
Posted by Nic at May 29, 2006 03:02 PM | TrackBackVery cool pictures!
It's spider season here too. We get these little brown meadow spiders in the house that range from 1/4" to about 1-1/2" long. I find myself checking the ceiling and corners of the room every once in a while.
Posted by: Ted at May 29, 2006 02:55 PM1-1/2 inches is not a little spider!
Posted by: nic at May 30, 2006 05:48 PMI had to de-spider the elliptical trainer at the physical therapist yesterday. Big ol' female wolf spider, about the size of a fingernail (not including the legs) she was, too!
Posted by: Victor at June 1, 2006 02:04 PM