Large, Black and Yellow _________

Garden Spider was sitting pretty next to our handicap ramp at work....and wouldn't you know I didn't have my camera on me...so I debated about just bringing my camera in the next day and then decided to just run home on my lunch break and get it....and luckily I did because she was gone the next day....all are taken with my Sigma 105mm, hand held in ambient light...and adding to the level of difficulty was that the wind was blowing hard enough that the web and spider were moving quite a bit back and forth...also all are full size shots, no cropping at all

I haven't really gotten to do much shooting at all this year, macro or otherwise

oh and lengthwise this gal is around the length of a dollar bill(abdomen probably the size of a quarter or so)

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HOW BIG?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?​!?!?!?! YUCK YUCK YUCK!!!!

But well done you, for great shots in tricky conditions.

Good captures- esp like the first shot.
brian v.

It is a Writing Spider [Argiope aurantia]. I saw one last year. Much smaller than yours. But they do get big.

amazing looking spider, great shots LOVE the first shot

Nice shots

nice lighting, first shot works very well.

skygod44 wrote in post #8715954
HOW BIG?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?​!?!?!?! YUCK YUCK YUCK!!!!

But well done you, for great shots in tricky conditions.

thanks

LordV wrote in post #8716447
Good captures- esp like the first shot.
brian v.

thank you sir

XboxWeasel wrote in post #8716462
It is a Writing Spider [Argiope aurantia]. I saw one last year. Much smaller than yours. But they do get big.

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Argiope_auranti​a yeah that is what we called them as kids too...they are called: Writing Spiders, Black & Yellow Garden Spiders, Banana Spiders & Corn Spiders

spidermanrbryce2006 wrote in post #8716776
amazing looking spider, great shots LOVE the first shot

thanks again....1st shot is my fav too...something about the look from the rear that I find interesting too

artyman wrote in post #8717030
Nice shots

thanks

racketman wrote in post #8717271
nice lighting, first shot works very well.

and thank you too

really like the first one too, great colors!

Martin G. wrote in post #8719624
really like the first one too, great colors!

sorry I missed your reply but thank you

That looks like it was big enough to eat small birds and I though tarantulas were big. Very nice shots, I especially like the first one.

Liked the hairy patterns

Cool image, very well done. I've been looking for one of these for 2 or more years. Hard to find around here. Great job!

LynC wrote in post #8926523
That looks like it was big enough to eat small birds and I though tarantulas were big. Very nice shots, I especially like the first one.

Thanks....and tarantulas are very big

gmazza wrote in post #8927182
Liked the hairy patterns

They are pretty cool

Russ57 wrote in post #8927320
Cool image, very well done. I've been looking for one of these for 2 or more years. Hard to find around here. Great job!

thanks

AAAAAAAACCHHHHHHHHHHHH​HHhhhhhhhhhhh!

If that was in my garden, I would be housebound........

Like the last perspetive.....