The results have just been announced for 2014 British Wildlife Photography Awards. I was fortunate to receive a Highly Commended for my image of a raft spider.
Category: Hidden Britain
Title: Guardian in the Grass
Canon 1DX | 24mm | 1/100sec | f11| Off-camera flash
I cant seem to get enough of these amazing spiders. They pose perfectly allowing you to set up and compose your shot. I rarely come across a creature that will rest motionless allowing you to use slow shutter speeds to enable optimal apertures at a low ISO on a dull day.
Shutter speed - 1/16 sec
Aperture - f11
ISO 400
Tripod
I have recently just spent several days at one of my favourite places in Dorset which is the Arne Peninsula. Arne at this time of year is awash with spider activity. Their webs cover the landscape creating a real spectacle that I highly recommend going to see. I have edited a few images in the short time that I have back home before heading to Cornwall to attend my graduation. I will post more images when I am back, but in the meantime here are a few of my favourites.
Four-spot orb weaver Araneus quadratus
Wasp spider Argiope bruennichi
Raft spider protecting young Dolomedes fimbriatus
Raft spider protecting young Dolomedes fimbriatus
Garden spider Araneus diadematus
High resolution images can be viewed with the following link:-
