Mostly Macros: What I call the "winter weaver"

Sunday, September 11, 2005

What I call the "winter weaver"

This is the web of the humble small "garden spider" that is very common from Seattle to
San Jose where I found this one. I've observed them building webs and living through
winters in Portland even at Christmas time when it freezes so I dubbed it the "winter weaver".
That's just what I call it. It's true name is Zygiella atrica. She's only about 7-8mm long body
size when fully grown. Above is the web of the spider below carefully well made on my
dad's patio.

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The first digital prints I made

THE STORY- I could not afford frames! So for my first digital prints at home, I used thrift store frames. I took all the above pictures in frames with only compact digital cameras. I modified them for macro shots with re-cycled optics. Most of these were taken with the Kodak DX-7630, Konica Minolta Z10. and sometimes a Canon A520. ALL these cameras for some reason they are stuck stopped at F8 and lower only. I do not know why even many of the most expensive compact cameras are limited to F8. It is still possible to get great shots with them. For some shots I added a plastic "aperture plug" what I came up with to make my own higher aperture setting by fitting it inside a tube before after the first lenses to increase depth of field. F8 usually actually did the job well enough back then. Now I often shoot up at F22-36+ with more and more pro-gear and digital and sometimes film SLRs but sometimes a small camera can be a good idea to keep in mind.

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