North Atlantic Skyline - - Photographs from the west of Ireland (Galway, Mayo, Clare, Limerick, Roscommon and even Leitrim)

Along came a spider

It's all happening in Portumna Woods these days. Normally, the deer are shy and keep quiet, but it is the rutting season right now, and, last Sunday, the stags were making plenty of noise in an attempt to attract as many females as possible. On the forest floor, at the Beech Grove, two red squirrels were scurrying about.

The fog and morning dew meant it was easy to spot the spiders webs. Between two strands of grass, the web of a Garden Spider billowed in a light breeze.

Camera = Canon 5D, lens = Sigma 180 mm Macro, ISO 250, aperture = f18, speed = 1/50 sec, tripod, off-camera flash at 90 degrees right of image (radio triggered).

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