I went to take a picture of these pretty purple flowers my husband has been growing and I freaked out when I realized there was a spider on them. Any spider that has bright colors usually means bad news, and for me, every spider means bad news, since I’m unnaturally afraid of them. So I literally took this picture without looking. I held the camera near the flowers and spider and backed my body up as far as I could.
I can picture you standing there with your camera… as far away as possible from the spider…but still as close as possible to take the shot… hilarious. Still a great shot Victoria!
haha! yep! That’s exactly how it went. I only wish someone had been there to take a photo of me taking this picture, that would have been a pretty funny one. Glad it turned out though!
Yeah… I would have LOVED to see that photo of you… unfortunately… maybe next time??
The spider and the flowers are pretty
Thank you! Yeah, even though I can’t look at it without a little shiver going up my spine, I’m surprised at how much detail and color there are in such a small little creature.
Beautiful shot Victoria..
Thank you!
That is one freaky-looking spider! Thanks for following my blog. From a quick look at yours, I am pleased to find a 365er who isn’t posting pictures like ‘this is what I ate for breakfast’. Proper images. Well done!
I know, I can’t figure out what it is, or if it was poisonous or not, because I can’t stand to look at all the different pictures of the spiders trying to figure out which one this is. haha. Your ladybug/ant pictures were the first ones I saw and I was like, oh ya, good stuff! And thank you, I’m trying not to take the easy way out. I’m imagining like this was a project in one of my Photography classes, and pictures of breakfast would not do.
Nice shot. get brave and go closer next time. Not a huge fan of spiders myself but they are important. I have shot jumping spiders and they will track your movements and even move toward you. google huntsman spider from australia and you will feel lucky to have that tiny thing.
I almost had a panic attack watching a Youtube video about how the huntsman spiders hide in cars. haha. I’ll try to be brave next time, but I’m secretly hoping there isn’t a next time.
I was trying to find this video on youtube of a guy who wrecked his car when he lowered his visor and one fell in his lap. Enough to freak anyone out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCO56iyBXtU – That’s what this guy was explaining. How they like to hide in cars. So creepy.
Australia seems to have the scariest ants and spiders. Not moving there anytime soon.
Me either. I’ve always wanted to visit, but now I’m not even sure about visiting. What with spiders that hide in cars… not cool.