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House Spider, probably a female, on our kitchen wall; 26 Aug 2013.
Its probably the time of year, but suddenly we are seeing large House Spiders all around the house. They don’t particularly bother us – except when we know they’re there but we can’t see them, maybe – and we just let them be. They are a part of our home. And we’re none too sure whether it is “they” or “it”, as we have no way of telling them apart – there could be hordes of them peering at our every moves – or simply one giant roaming through its vast domain.
Sometimes, for devilment, I get right down close to them and give them the softest of prods, which always sends them rushing off in chaotic retreat – a valued and enduring memory is actually hearing one’s hurtling footsteps as it rushed across an A4 sheet of paper lying on the floor – magic, simply magic!
The one here appeared in the kitchen awhile back and, when not hurtling around at speed, spent hours, motionless, in full view. One day it was stationary on the kitchen wall, just above the floor, so I got a cushion down onto the floor to lie on – hard floors get harder as you get older! – and photographed it, prior to roughly measuring it. It was about 2 inches (5cm) in full diameter, and based on this quite large size I’m surmising it to be a female.
There are two photos here. Purists might have gone at it with a tripod but boy, am I impure! So I used on-camera flash – not sure I like the shadows of the legs, etc. but I certainly don’t have the motivation or skill to remove them, and this image shows the details of the beast. including at least some of its glittering eyes. I also tried handheld exposures in available light but,the wall being white, the legs still cast shadows.
So below is another take on things – a shadowless mono version, generated in SEP2. More sinister perhaps, maybe something lurking darkly in a gothic tale? What do you think? As a point of interest, are you thinking or, having opened this post, are you just screaming ….. ?
Nikon D700 with 105mm Nikkor and flash; 200 ISO; mono version: Silver Efex Pro 2, Film Noir 2 preset.
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