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Message: <blockquote data-quote="piperbarb" data-source="post: 146116" data-attributes="member: 12214">5-6-13:While out with my photography class, we saw maintenance cutting down some trees that border along the railroad tracks.  I really do hope they do not cut all the trees along the tracks down because that will really increase the noise from the trains as they pass by.  The school is near the tracks.  I used my D3000 with 55-200mm non-VR lens at 185mm, ISO 200, 1/160th sec, f/5.6.At work[ATTACH]35763[/ATTACH]WARNING!  WARNING!  WARNING!No, not opportunistic feline photos, but a creep factor warning:  spider photos!!!!  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  Spiders give me the heebie jeebies but I grabbed my camera anyway.  Any spider brave or stupid enough to come into the house is fair game for being squished by me or eaten by the cats.  Outside, they have a chance at life because they eat bugs.  I hate most bugs!After I got home from work, I was looking out the kitchen window and saw this very industrious, busy spider on the outside of the window.  It is called a labyrinthine orb weaving spider.  They are pretty common in most parts of the U.S. and Canada. The first photo has some blur on it's front legs because it was moving its front legs really fast weaving its web.  I didn't think of using the on-camera flash because it was so sunny out this afternoon.Both photos were taken hand-held with my D7000, AF-105mm micro-Nikkor.  The first photo was taken using ISO 200, 1/100th sec, and f/8.Web Weaving[ATTACH]35764[/ATTACH]For this photo, I upped the ISO to 320 which allowed a faster shutter speed of 1/250th at f/8.Waiting for Dinner[ATTACH]35765[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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