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by Doris Potter
$14.50
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Our spiral notebooks are 6" x 8" in size and include 120 pages which are lined on both sides. The artwork is printed on the front cover which is made of thick paper stock, and the back cover is medium gray in color. The inside of the back cover includes a pocket for storing extra paper and pens.
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A cute Jumping Spider stops to check me over.
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A cute Jumping Spider stops to check me over.
My passion is to express Nature's beauty through photography. I am self-taught and like things simple. Thus, photo manipulation is kept to a minimum. The intrinsic beauty of our natural surroundings does not need enhancing; only revealing. All photos of wildlife have been taken in the wild and involve no staging. My goal is to bring out the character of an animal ... the essence of a leaf ... the spirit of all Nature. "The Sacred is clothed in fur and feathers and scales and skin - It flashes out from shining eyes in darkened woods - And speaks in bird songs and cicada serenades - It touches a place in me where wildness dwells - A long forgotten, hidden place that shivers in sudden resonance." D. Potter 1994 I have...
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Sandi Mikuse
What an amazing macro shot, Doris! You got such a clear, perfect shot of this very cool little Jumping Spider. Aren't they the cutest?! They can jump soooo far for such little guys! Love this! L
Doris Potter replied:
Thanks Sandi. I agree - they are the cutest. I've come to really appreciate them. :-)
Meg Rousher
Beautiful capture, those details are fantastic (liked,fav)
Doris Potter replied:
Thanks Meg. I got really lucky with this little guy. :-)
Rory Cubel
Fine capture. It has a face only a mother could love. Heh. I like it though. Congrats!
Doris Potter replied:
I know what you mean! LOL. Thanks Rory.
Kathy Gibbons
wow FANTASTICLY AWESOMELY WAY COOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) V
Doris Potter replied:
You comment is FANTASTICLY AWESOMELY WAY COOL too! Thanks Kathy!
April Wietrecki
This is fantastic Doris! These little guys are so cute, but they don't like to sit still for long. Nice job! v/f
Doris Potter replied:
Thanks April. This one probably paused to decide whether it would jump on me!
Carol Senske
fave'd again - so terrific a shot! It is probably a female but it could be a young male without noticable palps. A mature male has boxing gloves in front - check this out ( http://fineartamerica.com/featured/an-orchid-for-mlady-jumping-spider-phidippus-audax-carol-senske.html ), In a male, the body (abdomen) also appears smaller and usually thinner than a female. The male palps all are unique to species and they are one way to properly ID a spider. Some have twists and turns, some have groves and points - you name it. This is the organ they insert into the female epigynum (also used for correct ID) to pass on sperm. Mating is a dangerous and sometimes deadly occupation for males; I used to help my Dad with his spider studies and sometimes I spent hour upon hour recording how a pair of spiders mated. It was much more fun going into the field and collecting. He discovered a parthenogenic spider species and we raised many generations to prove they were truly parthenogenic - this was, believe it or not, a difficult task and it meant also raising Collembola to feed them. Back to your original question - sexes can vary significantly, especially at maturity, and the males always have boxing gloves:>). Here is one of Dad's many papers; this one is still popular and requests for reprints continue to dribble in all these years later - it is an interesting subject! My brother did all the collecting over a space of a few years - he was a mailman and had access to many mailboxes:>) Spiders love mailboxes! ( http://www.americanarachnology.org/joa_free/joa_v25_n1/joa_v25_p20.pdf )
Doris Potter replied:
Hi Carol! Thanks for another fave. (I didn't know you could do it more than once). And thanks for all this information!! I checked out your photo again and see what you mean about the palps. I didn't know your Dad was an arachnologist and that your family was so involved in spiders! I read a good part of your Dad's paper and it was fascinating! Coincidentally, a cousin of mine and I were talking today about spiders travelling on air currents and we called it "sailing" but I see the correct term is "ballooning". Thanks so much for adding to my education of Nature!
Carol Senske
She is a sweetie! Excellent photo, Doris - it gives her personality:>) V/F
Doris Potter replied:
Thanks Carol! I notice you called it "she", does that mean it is a female? Do the sexes differ significantly? (Appearance-wise I mean - I didn't want that to sound like a dumb question! Lol)
Sorin Apostolescu
Excellent shot !
Doris Potter replied:
Thank you Sorin. :-)
Mitch Shindelbower
Excellent Macro !
Doris Potter replied:
Thanks Mitch!
David and Carol Kelly
Wow! Fantastic shot! What kind of lense are you using? f/v
Doris Potter replied:
Thanks David and Carol. (You don't see all the shots of him that I missed!). My lens is a newly purchased Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM. It has taken some getting used to but I am doing better with it now.
Lois Bryan
Doris!! i ADORE this!!!! he's just soooo cute!!! Great, great dof and detail ... beautifully done!!!!!! f/v
Doris Potter replied:
Thanks so much Lois! I'm glad you think he is cute too. :-)