Eight legs - Arachnids

Challenge #1 in the Bexter's challenges series. Hosted by Bexter.

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Submit your best picture of an arachnid with 8 legs. Crabs, Octopus's and other eight legged animals not allowed. Anything in the Arachnid family is ok - Spiders, Scorpions tick's etc. Please give any information you have on what the arachnid is, where it was taken and any interesting stories about getting the photograph.

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Announced:

Wednesday, 13th May, 2009 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 20th May, 2009 – Tuesday, 26th May, 2009 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 27th May, 2009 – Tuesday, 2nd June, 2009 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No HDR - Single images only
Cropping ok
Basic post processing ok (sharpening, colour, contrast etc)

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

1 entry per user
Try to state what the picture is of (not expecting latin names but a little information is good if you have it)
Arachnids only (Spiders, Scorpions, Tick's etc)
No other eight legged animals (Crabs Octopus's etc)

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

500

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Incognito

by Frogini

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I found this spider on a thistle while I was hiking in the desert.

Camera:	Nikon D60
Lens:	55-200
Submitted:	Wednesday, 20th May, 2009 14:52 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 18th April, 2009
Focal length:	200 mm
Shutter speed:	1/640 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	200
Notes:
Views:	60

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