HUGE spider hanging by the front door

i was looking through my old photos to see how much of a newbie i was when learning with my canon rebel xt.

this picture still catches my eyes. it was taken in 2005 on the 17-55mm kit lens with the pop up flash. i remember bending all kinds of angle trying to shoot this guy. it was hanging down the roof at my front door and the size of this guy wide spread was as big as the top of a soda can.

55mm
1/160
F5.6
ISO800


let me know what you think!

That's awesome!

I think it's a great capture!!! Love the colors.

thanks guys! this picture was cropped, rotated 180 and messed with levels.

awesome shot..... i would be running in the opposite direction however.... im such a girl when it comes to spiders.... well big ones anyway.

sweet shot now kill it with fire

Nice capture... Is this thing venomous?

can someone identify it? beautiful shot.

thanks guys! i dont know what kind of spider it is.

Ya...I can identify it...IT A BIG @#%!#&* HARRY SPIDER!!! Ok..uh sorry about that....I can't tell you how many times I have gone out to my car to go to work at O'dark 30 and have walked into big spider webs.....and now, with this picture, I get to see just what I keep walking into...Thanks...Thanks a lot.

And yes...its awsome...with a kit lens to boot.

haha be careful with the webs you walk into.. black widows have the thickest web. my biggest pet peeve is walking into spider webs..i just hate it so much!

that thing looks scary! doesn't look like a regular house spider.

Sweet shot. Quite the colorful spider.

polobreaka wrote in post #9175660
haha be careful with the webs you walk into.. black widows have the thickest web. my biggest pet peeve is walking into spider webs..i just hate it so much!

I can promise you that you won't walk into a black widow's web. They are usually down low in dark, quiet places. Their web is totally unorganised, no pattern, and if you test it with your finger, it is much stronger than any other spider's. Prime places to look are under your water meter cover, woodpiles, inside concrete blocks......they are also NOT aggressive.
Karen

pttenn wrote in post #9182769
I can promise you that you won't walk into a black widow's web. They are usually down low in dark, quiet places. Their web is totally unorganised, no pattern, and if you test it with your finger, it is much stronger than any other spider's. Prime places to look are under your water meter cover, woodpiles, inside concrete blocks......they are also NOT aggressive.
Karen

you're right, i usually see them in small corners or hidden areas. but it still freaks me out to walk into a web.