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Art gallery
picture show...

Pretty mural scenes
purely serene...

Tarantula
crawls up the wall...

Oblivious to it all...

Patrons scream...

Women flee...

All because
the visitor looks creepy...

So unfair
to be stereotyped..

Security arrives..

Excessive force applied...

Despised #spider dies..

It's squished remains stain cleaned..

Once again the scene is pristine..

Like the intruder was never there..

But it was..

And so were we...

Witness to the cruelty
of a repressive society
that just can't tolerate diversity

#vss365#poetry#poem

Divinity can be found
in a #spider
patiently
spinning it's silky web

Hell can be found
in a fly's
desperate
life or death struggle
to escape
this same cathedral

Perspective
is in the eyes
of the beholder

Truth custom fit
to the perceptions
we are assigned to wear

Even when they hurt
and stick to us forever

#vss365#poetry#poem
De Wespspin, de grootste spinnensoort van ons land. Maar geen paniek, de spin is nog altijd kleiner dan jij! Augustus is een goede maand om ze te spotten, de dames zijn nu namelijk inmiddels volwassen geworden.

The wasp spider, the largest spider species in our country (The Netherlands) But don't panic, the spider is still smaller than you! August is a good month to spot them, as the females have now reached adulthood.

#wespspin #tijgerspin #argiopebruennichi #spider #spin #macrophotography #macrofotografie #vroegevogels_bnnvara #landtongrozenburg #natuur #natuurvannederland #wielwebspin #nature #natuurmomentje #macro
De Wespspin, de grootste spinnensoort van ons land. Maar geen paniek, de spin is nog altijd kleiner dan jij! Augustus is een goede maand om ze te spotten, de dames zijn nu namelijk inmiddels volwassen geworden.

The wasp spider, the largest spider species in our country (The Netherlands) But don't panic, the spider is still smaller than you! August is a good month to spot them, as the females have now reached adulthood.

#wespspin #tijgerspin #argiopebruennichi #spider #spin #macrophotography #macrofotografie #vroegevogels_bnnvara #landtongrozenburg #natuur #natuurvannederland #wielwebspin #nature #natuurmomentje #macro

#52WochenFotoChallenge
#52wfc25
2025/32 "Focusstacking"

Focusstacking einer Spinne im Netz ist bei Wind auch keine echte Freude.

Diesmal mit Technikbeschreibung:
12 Aufnahmen mit qDslrDashboard und Nikon D7500
Zusammengeführt mit Align_Image_Stack/Enfuse
Ein bisschen Gimp.

In this case, with a technical description:
12 shots with qDslrDashboard and Nikon D7500
Combined with Align_Image_Stack/Enfuse
A bit of GIMP.

#Fotografie #Photography #Spider #WildlifePhotography #Arachnid

You guys! This is so wild! My book "Selma, du machst das falsch!" (Selma, you're doing it wrong) which comes out in ONE WEEK just won the Luchs book prize for August (Article in German) bremenzwei.de/themen/luchs-buc Today feels like a crazy day of excitement... so I had to go out for a walk to calm down. I feel like running or something, but it's too hot for that :D Tonight I will definitely have a glass of wine.

Last night, while we were out on the back porch, we noticed an orb-weaver starting to make a new web. Later in the evening, my wife was able to re-locate the #spider after it had mad significant progress on its new web (picture attached).

This morning, its web no longer seems to be visible. Spider is till there, but it sitting in the eaves, clutching something (couldn't tell if it was a meal or a newly-made egg sac). As I returned to the door-end of the porch, I also noticed a second orb-weaver setting up shop (at the other end of our back porch).

…going out in the back yard is likely to be sputtery-fun for the next few weeks.