57 Responses to “Writing spider, Argiope aurantia”
forbesimages// Jul 26, 2010 at 3:42 am
Great macro Vicki, cracking spider.
sarah.beebe// Jul 26, 2010 at 4:22 am
wow, amazing!
António A Gonçalves// Jul 26, 2010 at 5:20 am
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graftedno1// Jul 26, 2010 at 6:10 am
Very ,very nice. Wish I had one
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ChrisK4u// Jul 26, 2010 at 7:37 am
very well done!!!
wow
ner_luv// Jul 26, 2010 at 7:56 am
Wow ! that’s a lovely shot !!!
Great details.
Pedro Cavalcante// Jul 26, 2010 at 8:05 am
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Kateimi// Jul 26, 2010 at 8:34 am
Wow, what an excellent shot!
FabioPACE// Jul 26, 2010 at 8:57 am
Amazing!
opie0429// Jul 26, 2010 at 9:09 am
Amazing capture!
baldwinm16// Jul 26, 2010 at 10:02 am
This is a really beautiful shot! Nice to see a little summer this time of year.
gwhiteway// Jul 26, 2010 at 10:49 am
Nice capture!
LBooker (Lorraine)// Jul 26, 2010 at 11:36 am
Best spider shot I’ve seen on Flickr…love it!
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Sienna62// Jul 26, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Nice detail and color
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sam2cents// Jul 26, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Wow Vicki! That’s a monster, and a beauty.
sam2cents// Jul 26, 2010 at 2:02 pm
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Jeanie's Pics// Jul 26, 2010 at 2:58 pm
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wow, incredible macro!
creationcaptures (mtngpa)// Jul 26, 2010 at 3:18 pm
awesomemacro Vicki!!
blingqueenforever// Jul 26, 2010 at 3:18 pm
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kenskritters// Jul 26, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Great capture of this pretty gal, Vicki! Next to jumpers, these are a favorite of mine. We didn’t have many around here this year.
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vzonabaxter// Jul 26, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Great focus and clarity. The lighting is perfect.
dhamz// Jul 26, 2010 at 5:43 pm
cool shot! how close were u to the spider?
Shawn Wainwright// Jul 26, 2010 at 6:42 pm
These are so cool, hav’nt seen one in 2 years. Not so common here. Great capture!
khosey1// Jul 26, 2010 at 7:27 pm
Very nice! What a gorgeous spider.
MD_MC// Jul 26, 2010 at 8:22 pm
faved
kecheeks803// Jul 26, 2010 at 8:55 pm
I really like this shot! Thanks for all your posts.
pieceoflace// Jul 26, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Great shot Vicki…of this always beautiful spider. And unlike there for you these spiders were everywhere here when I went afield. I was constantly walking into them and their webs.
I hope you are well…and wishing you a great day.
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srinivasan44// Jul 26, 2010 at 10:57 pm
beautiful capture
muledriver// Jul 26, 2010 at 11:26 pm
lovely! i saw a few….
emace// Jul 26, 2010 at 11:27 pm
These are awesome spiders and you captured this one beautifully. Excellent work!
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asparks306// Jul 26, 2010 at 11:54 pm
beautiful shot…very well captured! love the heavy webbing on top and bottom as well as the spider of course. we had one of these on our deck this summer that we had to keep moving because he was so close to our Passion Flower and we were hoping for Gulf Frits to show up…which they never did.
MEaves// Jul 27, 2010 at 12:02 am
Very very nice … they are beautiful
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natural wonders photography, broken kneecap,slow!// Jul 27, 2010 at 12:39 am
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digital cat ?// Jul 27, 2010 at 1:30 am
… beautiful filigrane shot of the spider …
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AnyMotion// Jul 27, 2010 at 1:43 am
A wonderful macro with great colours and detail !!!
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libbyquilter - patience please - a bit slow// Jul 27, 2010 at 3:22 am
love these spiders~and this is a great shot~!!~
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Yanick Saindon// Jul 27, 2010 at 3:35 am
Wow!
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PhotonFreak// Jul 27, 2010 at 4:18 am
These are one of my favorite spiders to take photos of and finally this year I had one I got facing the camera even as often they are always pointed head down in the web, very sharp image here with nice color
Sienna62// Jul 27, 2010 at 5:15 am
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pieceoflace// Jul 27, 2010 at 5:58 am
Thank you Vicki, for sharing with the group once again.
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pdjs-photos// Jul 27, 2010 at 6:40 am
What an amazing creature! Superbly captured1
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Barra1man// Jul 27, 2010 at 6:58 am
A great macro shot!
tinyfishy (enjoying my break)// Jul 27, 2010 at 7:18 am
Amazing detail….great macro !!!
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marcocim// Jul 27, 2010 at 8:33 am
great macro!
willo1668// Jul 27, 2010 at 9:03 am
Is beautiful…
cookie1234// Jul 27, 2010 at 10:01 am
I haven’t seen many this past summer, either. We had an extremely cold winter here last year. I wonder if that did it? Nice capture you got here!
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Paldas Photography// Jul 27, 2010 at 11:06 am
gr8 shot
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Great macro Vicki, cracking spider.
wow, amazing!
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Very ,very nice. Wish I had one
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very well done!!!
wow
Wow ! that’s a lovely shot !!!
Great details.
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Wow, what an excellent shot!
Amazing!
Amazing capture!
This is a really beautiful shot! Nice to see a little summer this time of year.
Nice capture!
Best spider shot I’ve seen on Flickr…love it!
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Nice detail and color
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Wow Vicki! That’s a monster, and a beauty.
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wow, incredible macro!
awesomemacro Vicki!!
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Great capture of this pretty gal, Vicki! Next to jumpers, these are a favorite of mine. We didn’t have many around here this year.
Wow! this is just wonderful and looks great at large size.
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Great focus and clarity. The lighting is perfect.
cool shot! how close were u to the spider?
These are so cool, hav’nt seen one in 2 years. Not so common here. Great capture!
Very nice! What a gorgeous spider.
faved
I really like this shot! Thanks for all your posts.
Great shot Vicki…of this always beautiful spider. And unlike there for you these spiders were everywhere here when I went afield. I was constantly walking into them and their webs.
I hope you are well…and wishing you a great day.
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beautiful capture
lovely! i saw a few….
These are awesome spiders and you captured this one beautifully. Excellent work!
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beautiful shot…very well captured! love the heavy webbing on top and bottom as well as the spider of course. we had one of these on our deck this summer that we had to keep moving because he was so close to our Passion Flower and we were hoping for Gulf Frits to show up…which they never did.
Very very nice … they are beautiful
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… beautiful filigrane shot of the spider …
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A wonderful macro with great colours and detail !!!
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love these spiders~and this is a great shot~!!~
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These are one of my favorite spiders to take photos of and finally this year I had one I got facing the camera even as often they are always pointed head down in the web, very sharp image here with nice color
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Nature’s Garden Platinum (Admin Invite) New Codes, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
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A great macro shot!
Amazing detail….great macro !!!
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great macro!
Is beautiful…
I haven’t seen many this past summer, either. We had an extremely cold winter here last year. I wonder if that did it? Nice capture you got here!
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gr8 shot
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