I Am the Walrus

[Mousetoescamper]

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I took this photo of a male jumping spider (Phidippus audax) a few months ago and thought it wasn't good enough to post. I'm still unhappy with the quality of the image, but since posting it last night in the comments to "Misty morning in the garden" it seems that others think it's not such a bad photo after all. This little jumper just might hold the cure for arachnophobia.



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[George McGovern]

1. Eh, yeh, I don't think it's not such a bad photo after all. Which means it's a good photo after all. But I don't that

good photo. Ergo it must be according to Spockian logic, not a bad photo leaving all sorts of possibilities. Easiest perhaps to assume the opposite of "not bad" = "not good" but that fails to find a positive direction — always preferable to a bad one — lest one becomes so
confused as to reach for an accommodation halfway in between bring about a murky conclusion stuck in quicksand and sinking slowly tho certainly, by then thinking you just don't what in blazes you actually
are thinking. Hmmm

[Mousetoescamper]

6. Can't argue with that

[jfz9580m]

2. So cool.

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lol ..I haven’t seen DUer bluthruu lately but she and I have exchanged many a message about jumping spiders

That’s a pretty cool image: it’s the first time I have seen a green one.
Well..not green but with green looking structures.

[Mousetoescamper]

4. I'm glad that you enjoyed the photo, jfz9580m!

One of my misgivings about the photo is the color of the jaws (chelicerae). They were blue but turned out green in the image. I'm going to eventually get a good image of a jumper; but even with its flaws, this photo has some charm.

Thanks!

[HAB911]

3. I actually think the monochrome nature

works very well. It's something I try to avoid but maybe I need to broaden my vision!

[Mousetoescamper]

5. I, too, try to avoid the monochrome effect--except in my art photos

I'd hoped to get a photo that might be appropriate for use in a field guide. This, unintentionally, turned out to be more of an art photo.

Thanks!