Cobwebs.

Challenge #1 in the Countryside series. Hosted by bluemoonman.

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Whatever you call them Cobwebs or Spiders webs, Being spun, newly completed or old & damaged, with insects or without. Lets see your best photo of these most delicate but beautiful constructions, Take care & watch you dont get trapped!

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There's some interesting physics behind the incredible colours in this web,...

Camera:	Nikon D90
Lens:	Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR
Submitted:	Friday, 28th September, 2012 18:26 (GMT)
Taken:	Monday, 22nd August, 2011
Focal length:	105 mm
Shutter speed:	10/13 sec
Aperture:	F16
ISO:	200
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Thanks for all the votes and nice comments :-)
I posted this photo in a forum here last year, to learn more about the physics behind those colours
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3053011

... and we found the answer here from a retired university professor in Hannover.
http://www.itp.uni-hannover.de/~zawischa/ITP/spiderweb.html
He even included a link back to my photo on dpreview at the end of his homepage :-)

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awesome!

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Beautiful web and photo! Nice job... one of my favorites!
Mick

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