Optimum Efficiency by RedundantlyAbundant
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I took a few shots of this weird moth-like bug with mesh-like wings and then dumped it into a spider-web. The spider is tiny and I was surprised to see it take this "moth" down with ease. The "moth" is about as long as the diameter of a quarter.
It's pretty cool to watch the whole thing unfold behind the lens. It's like a high quality nature film that isn't filming and that I will never see again.
Comments (26)
WandM
Having a delicate dinner. Great moment you've captured.
Niutek
Superb composition, DOF, light, detail... An incredible capture!
Miss-Psycho
good shot. Arggggggg, :S i hate the spiders!
gsb
uarghhh! This pic is making goosenipples on my arms. Excellent shot with fantastic light!
jimry
its the little things in life we should appreciatte more...well captured :)
Mikan
A super super capture!!!!!!!!!!
vonfranck
A fascinating Image of Life and Death . . . ! Excellent Lighting . . . !
Legadia
thats one big lunch! Excellent capture :)
Enmos
What a sadist you are Matt :oP As a kid i was already fascinated by spiders, i used to look for little insects to throw into the web lol Fascinating to see a spider catch and 'package' their prey !! Excellent work here !! V
cynlee
can almost hear him screaming!! fascinating shot :]
funkfrog
incredible shooting!!! the entire shot, with the pail colours and lighting makes it an eerie scene, even the dof gives it a sense of life fading, a massive "V"
Tedz
I am shocked.....that Macroist have such scant regard for Life...and read of someone in the Paper who had put a Baby Possum into the Zoo's Lion Cage...to get a good Shot...the Person went to Prison...maybe this is how it started ;]
Kropot
Yammie, nice lunch. Insects are a good source of protien. They can tastre very nice, like honey with nuts, strawberry with cream etc. Love the ligth in this shot.
PapaGuru
I'm a bit in doubt of such pictures. A lot of nature photographers, even famous-ones, do a lot of tricks to make a good shot! This wasn't your first intend ... On the other hand we kill a lot of insects only because we don't want them in the house. So this one served some purpose after his death me think. Oh what the heck... this is going to end in some nasty discussion, which is even worse :) We all surf on a thin line .....
borsy
Excellent image!!
funkandjazz
Expertly photographed and presented as always Matt. The light and details are masterful! v :)
Michelle A.
Spiders are wonderfully efficient little killing machines.... So I must be as bad as you then.. I once knocked bugs off a door just so I could watch the frog on the ground eat them up.... hehehe....
danob
Ha now I see lol yer the kid who pulled off the legs of Daddy Long Legs!! Yeah they are mean machines eh...
vlaaitje
excellent shot....and very fascinating for look at..I do the same....I made some spider shots too with a butterfly in a cobweb, and the spider eat it...
logiloglu
a fantastic macro,Matt.excellent work. !!!!!!!!! #:) !!!!!!!!!!
Akinom
Fascinating indeed! Compliments, Matt!
malanda
I understand exactely how you feel - being a moth . or a spider - all OUR OWN point of view. Good Shot - good words
addiek
We all enjoy a good feed!
Nilla
What an awesome image Matt! Love teh DOF and POV here, they really make this one fantastic image! Excellence! :)
terra-man
Awesome colors, lighting, dof, compo... Just perfect... vote
tibet2004uk
U did what??? This is such a terrible thing to do!! :((((((((((((((((((