Robert's Ramblings

Tonight I spotted a this curious pair on the breakfast bar when just moments before Jennifer was complaining about some pesky fly. Strangely enough the pesky fly just vanished she said!

My immediate reaction when ever I spot a spider in the house is to catch it and let is go but it soon became obvious that this guy was not going anywhere until he had finished his meal giving me ample time to take a few photos. He actually took a few hours but when he was done there was only a husk of the fly remaining and his abdomen had swollen to twice its original size.



Because I did not want to disturb him with the bright flash of a strobe I was limited to wide apertures, natural light and slow exposures. I like these conditions anyway as natural lighting is almost always, well, more natural


Until the next post, remember to catch and let go, catch and let go. Even spiders! ...Robert


Photo: Robert Rath: And The Spider Had The Fly For Dinner

Last night I spotted a photo competition on the Canon 1Wall website with the theme 'weightless'. As a diver and avid photographer this caught my eye so I looked at some of the entries and started imagining some new photo ideas around this theme. That's when I noticed the competition closed the next day so a change of tack saw me getting creative in the kitchen again in my quest to photograph 'weightless'.

I experimented with quite a few ideas before this final image came together with nothing more than a glass of water and a drop of soy sauce. Unfortunately when I went to submit my entry the competition had closed. Oh well, next time I'll go looking for an image I've already taken but at least I had fun and have a great image to show for my efforts.


Until the next post, get weightless and wet as often as you can! ...Robert


Photo: Robert Rath: Weightless