Tuesday, June 8, 2010
EEEEeeeeeeeeek! It's Yellow! It's Alive!
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Yesterday, walking along the abandoned mega church roadway, I spotted a blossom on the Scotch Broom. I've always loved them--I think they look like little yellow birds. It was one of the last, so I snapped its picture. I was intrigued--looking at the photo--to see a fringe of what looked like whiskers coming from beneath the flower petals. I hadn't remembered this to be true of Scotch Broom flowers...
A closeup revealed something quite unexpected--a YELLOW spider! EEEeeeeek!
Scary, isn't it??? I think he was looking right into the camera!
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When I see something unexpected, unusual, or beautiful, my focus involuntarily suddenly sharpens and intensifies. The sensation tickles! That's when I say something "fills my eyes." It is the greatest compliment I can give.
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter." -- Ansel Adams
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"Sometimes it is not the camera as much as the "thing" you chose to photograph." -- Abraham Lincoln
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. -- E. M. Forster
Welcome to my World
I have always loved taking pictures. I took my first and only photography class at West Linn High. The photo lab was located in the bowels of the school near the gym's locker rooms. There we learned to manage typical dark room techniques and procedures for developing film.
Things have radically changed since those days. Today's technology no longer requires pungent trays of chemicals and a dark room.
With the invention of the digital camera, I was set free to capture the amazing, unusual and the unexpected. My camera is always by my side.
I never know when, or where I will be able to capture some delicate beauty, or unexpected oddity.
Welcome to my world!
Things have radically changed since those days. Today's technology no longer requires pungent trays of chemicals and a dark room.
With the invention of the digital camera, I was set free to capture the amazing, unusual and the unexpected. My camera is always by my side.
I never know when, or where I will be able to capture some delicate beauty, or unexpected oddity.
Welcome to my world!
Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise.
--Lewis Thomas, The Lives Of A Cell
--Lewis Thomas, The Lives Of A Cell
"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."
~ Anton Chekhov
~ Anton Chekhov
About Me
I am interested in people, stories, art, drama, music, nature, and photography.
I love to photograph the forest, my garden, birds of all kinds, the river, my town, our historical home, the ocean and so much more. The stories one can find are endless.
The seasons of nature are fascinating to me. Every year, time and the seasons seem to vibrate with increasing intensity
~Beth.
I love to photograph the forest, my garden, birds of all kinds, the river, my town, our historical home, the ocean and so much more. The stories one can find are endless.
The seasons of nature are fascinating to me. Every year, time and the seasons seem to vibrate with increasing intensity
~Beth.
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -- Mark Twain
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11 comments:
Wow! That is a pretty spider.
...scary, yes but awesome! unless you had decided to take a close look then i would have thought the same as you, just an odd blossom with fringes! i've never seen a yellow spider, a yellow that matches so perfectly with the scotch broom that it makes you wonder if he was created just to keep watch over them! this was extraordinary beth, and i'm sure glad that you slowed your walk down enough that you caught this tiny treasure!!
a banana spider? but I think you are too far north for those,.. certainly the unexpected!
I know you want me to comment on the yellow spider but if the flower were white the spider would be too. I know you knew that already. It is true.
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Well some do. I think this might be one of them.
I think it might change colors like a chameleon. But I don't know much about spiders.
Oh that is such a cool picture...it really is a perfect camoflage for him. Good job Bea though I'm glad he wasn't a vicious brain sucking spider...he would have gotten you for sure. (tee hee) Love you.
Creeeepy!!!
Eeeekkkk indeed! I have seen a yellow spider, it was on a yellow blossom as well.
As much as I dislike spiders, I'll admit this one is spectacular! That perfectly matched yellow color is so amazing!
Along came a spider and sat down beside her! LOL! It was rather unexpected - but matched the flower (as catherine says).
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