Red Araneus quadratus

Paul Iddon · 27 Oct 2016

With the news that BBC Earth announced BBC Springwatch's video of the once rare Ladybird Spider that has now gained a stronghold once more in the UK, it reminded me that back in 2007 I found a red spider which whilst certainly not unknown, was the first time I had ever seen one anywhere, included on the internet! It was an Orb Weaving Spider "Araneus quadratus" - I found her on waste ground near the docks in Preston. Since 2007, my editing skills have improved somewhat and the BBC story prompted me to find the original RAW files and re-edit them, hopefully for the better...

Paul.

User.81858 · 27 Oct 2016

More good stuff Paul. :clap:

Please keep them coming.

Paul Iddon · 27 Oct 2016

Thanks Charly.

Paul.

mattd85 · 28 Oct 2016

That's a beautiful spider! I've never seen that before.

Paul Iddon · 28 Oct 2016

mattd85 said:
That's a beautiful spider! I've never seen that before.

Cheers Matt - it's the only one I have ever seen too.

Paul.

G.K.Jnr. · 28 Oct 2016

Very nice set of images Paul, I too have never seen one of those before.

George.

Paul Iddon · 28 Oct 2016

G.K.Jnr. said:
Very nice set of images Paul, I too have never seen one of those before.

George.

Thanks George

Paul

alfbranch · 1 Nov 2016

Lovely work Paul
These vary in colour quite a bit.

Paul Iddon · 2 Nov 2016

alfbranch said:
Lovely work Paul
These vary in colour quite a bit.

Thanks Alf

Paul.

ChrisA · 2 Nov 2016

Yes heard about them on BBC. Great looking spider and shots.

GardenersHelper · 14 Nov 2016

Nice set Paul. 2007 is quite a while ago. Presumably you are using a different camera/lens setup now (and flash? or was it bright sunlight for these?). Different editing software too I imagine.

Graham · 14 Nov 2016

Last one is a stonker m8 and a beauty of a spider

Paul Iddon · 14 Nov 2016

ChrisA said:
Yes heard about them on BBC. Great looking spider and shots.

GardenersHelper said:
Nice set Paul. 2007 is quite a while ago. Presumably you are using a different camera/lens setup now (and flash? or was it bright sunlight for these?). Different editing software too I imagine.

Graham said:
Last one is a stonker m8 and a beauty of a spider

Thanks lads.

Nick - I think it was my EOS 400D back in the day... Sunlit too, not flash as I recall. Plus back then, it may have been Elements 3.0 ! Graham - everyone seems to like that best too.

Paul.

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