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Jamie Smart's Image
Jamie Smart (UK) spots an orb weaver spider inside its silken retreat on a cold September morning.
Jamie first noticed the dew-laden web before realising its maker was sitting in a nest.
It took patience and steadiness for Jamie to manually focus her camera. She managed to keep the spider perfectly lit and symmetrically framed.
This spider’s web has a scaffold of radial threads. These are overlaid with a spiral of sticky silk to hold trapped insects.
A strong signal thread sends vibrations to the spider’s hiding place, triggering it to come and collect its prey.
Behind the lens
Jamie Smart
UK
Jamie, or the Eagle Eyed Girl as she’s also known, is a young wildlife photographer from the UK. Her passion for photography was ignited at the age of six and a half when her father handed her a camera during a nature walk. Since then, she’s dedicated herself to exploring nature reserves and common lands across the country, seeking to document the beauty of wildlife.
Image details
- Nikon Z9
- 105mm f2.8 lens
- 1/200 at f10 • ISO 80 • Nikon SB-910 Speedlight flash • Cygnustech diffuser
- Mid-Wales, UK
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