Garden orb spiders web building & feeding, shot on the Panasonic GH3

A montage of Garden Cross / Garden Orb spiders from my garden in Birmingham, building their webs and feeding. The spiders, ranging in size from 3mm spiderlings to 15mm adults, were collected and placed on a set with standing grass stems that I predicted would be in a suitable arrangement to encourage web building. Shot on my Panasonic Lumix GH3 at All-Intra 72mbs and a Sigma EX 105mm macro lens.

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Bluebells & Spiders

With winter approaching, here are two videos I’ve uploaded to Vimeo as a reminder of warmer days in 2013. The bluebells are in Millison’s Wood Local Nature Reserve, a tiny remnant of the ancient Forest of Arden which once stretched from Stratford upon Avon in the south to Tamworth in the north.