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Charlie Shugart
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In a nearby field- thousands of baby spiders were in a mass migration (called "Ballooning") and made their landings in this field.
Only when the sun was at a very low angle could I see the silk- even though I knew it was there.



Charlie Shugart 2013

Spider Silk on Field




Dec 22, 2013 at 10:59 PM
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I thought this was a sun reflection on the snow, then I read your description. I am slightly arachnophobic, so this is quite a frightening scene for me . Great photo, frightening scene.

I guess this is what the end scene in the book Charlotte's Web was like.

Jason



Dec 23, 2013 at 02:09 AM
Charlie Shugart
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roguecoolman wrote:
I thought this was a sun reflection on the snow, then I read your description. I am slightly arachnophobic, so this is quite a frightening scene for me . Great photo, frightening scene.

I guess this is what the end scene in the book Charlotte's Web was like.

Jason


Sorry to have surprised you in that way, Jason.
Although I'm glad you like the photograph.
I've seen this in the same field a couple of years- but I've never seen a spider.
They must be the small, hunting variety rather than the web builders.
Charlie



Dec 23, 2013 at 01:44 PM
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I LOVE this! Baby spider season is so fun. If your idea of fun is walking through the airborn spider silk threads a lot I have tried to capture this kind of image for years and years and never have gotten anything worthwhile. Huzzahs and bravos!


Dec 23, 2013 at 02:29 PM
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Charlie,
This one is sweet. I think i saw a different version of this last year



Dec 23, 2013 at 02:38 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Oregon----A Field of Silk


I am familiar with this phenomenon and I've always wanted to capture it. You've done a great job here. That being said, I think it is even stronger with the top third cropped off. There is a bright, straight strip up top that is distracting from the pleasant pattern in the bottom two thirds. Cheers!


Dec 23, 2013 at 08:13 PM
Charlie Shugart
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Oregon----A Field of Silk


Thanks alraC, Sunny and Douglas.
I've noticed the ballooning a few times as the silk "balloons" waft along on the warm breeze.
But even then, I had to have the sun at just the right angle for me to see it.
On my next day's post I tried the crop suggestion.
Charlie



Dec 24, 2013 at 07:01 PM





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