Re: Week 2 PDML Photo Annual Update

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Well, I bit the bullet, looked through my files, picked three images I
like, and submitted them to the Annual.

Counting mine, there are now 45 images from 18 submitters.

I am looking forward to what should be a very fine edition.


Dan Matyola
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On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 1:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi 
wrote:

> Well, in the interest of participating, I've been through a fraction of my
> Pentax photos from late 2004 to about mid-2005 and pulled 99 that might be
> worthy of processing into something. Might not … But there are another
> 28,000 unprocessed photos between mid-2005 and about mid-2008 to hunt
> through further.
>
> It's just all a lot of work and I've been pretty sick with pneumonia this
> past ten days. Slowly coming out of it now, finally.
>
> G
>
> > On Jan 18, 2018, at 6:50 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> >
> > Adam, I'm having the same problem - but Mark did say it was ok to reach
> back into our archives, as long
> > as either body or lens is Pentax   - I might do that with one of em
>
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Re: PESO: Spider Family

[Alastair Robertson]

Anne's right.  Dave's photo is of the cellar spider https://en.m.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Pholcus_phalangioides

It is a true spider but does look a bit like some of the harvestmen with
long legs.

This illustrates the problems of common names like daddy-long-legs - the
same name can be applied to a bunch of different things.  Around here, we
also call these daddy-long-legs -
https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=crane+flies=isch=u=univ=X=0ahUKEwjitenfsOPYAhVNv5QKHcTdDoEQiR4IsgE=1366=647


and they are a group of flies

Alastair

On 19/01/2018 17:19, "ann sanfedele"  wrote:

> I thought that,  then looked on web and saw article saying they were.. and
> believed it because I
> always think, these days,that it is my brain that is going...
> went back again and found more evidence to to split them out --
> the other name I had forgotten was "harvestmen" and refering to them I
> found this:
>
>
> Scorpions are in the Order Scorpiones,*spiders*are in the Order Araneae,
> ticks and mites are in the Order Acari. The creatures most correctly
> called*daddy*-*longlegs*are in their own separate Order which is Opiliones.
> Common names for this Order are 1)*daddy*-*longlegs*, 2) harvestmen and 3)
> opilionids.
>
> But there is something called a Cellar spider.. which is sometimes called
> a "daddy long legs spider"  I guess because they resemble the harvestmen
>
> much confusion
>
> ann
>
> On 1/18/2018 10:36 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>
>> They are not spiders;  they’re arachnids, but they’re actually more
>> closely
>> related to scorpions than they are to spiders.
>>
>> http://mentalfloss.com/article/59455/15-fascinating-facts-ab
>> out-daddy-longlegs
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 10:08 AM, Igor PDML-StR 
>> wrote:
>>
>> David,
>>>
>>> Wow, I've never seen anything like that!
>>> So many spiders, and especially little ones!
>>>
>>> Personally, I don't like this type of spiders. In my childhood we didn't
>>> even considered them as spiders.
>>> (In the US they are called "Daddy longlegs", and I saw a reference but
>>> have never heard from anybody personally, "harvestmen/harvesters".
>>> The latter is interesting, because in Russia they are called very
>>> similarly (if translated), "hay-scyther" or "scythe-legs")
>>>
>>> I prefer what I would call more "traditional" spiders, with shorter legs,
>>> especially those that make nice looking webs in the forest [*]  (as long
>>> as
>>> it is not in my face ;-) ).
>>> Or, house ones, like this:
>>> http://42graphy.org/galleries/spider/bin/images/large/IMGP4079_Edit.jpg
>>>
>>> My favorite so far, is this UFO (I posted it here some 2.5 years ago):
>>> http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-06-10-spider/
>>>
>>>
>>> -
>>> [*] You might call it a "bush", what we call a "forest" here.
>>> At least that's how it is in Australia. :-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Igor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David Mann Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:18:37 -0800 wrote:
>>>
>>> Arachnophobes, avert your eyes :)
>>>
>>> We found a spider with her little hatchlings on our kitchen ceiling
>>> today.
>>> This is the first time I've used my DSLR since last April, and I don't
>>> know how
>>> long it'd been since I last used a tripod.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1054/#peso
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Dave
>>>
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Re: PESO: Spider Family

[David Mann]

On Jan 19, 2018, at 5:57 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:

> Always called them "Daddy Long Legs" and didn't know, as a child, that they 
> were spiders.. but they are harmless
> to humans and I always found them cute...
> I like the photo a lot, it looks like some sort of minimalist painting.. and 
> they dont look at all creepy.
> 
> I'm not bothered by spiders in the wild or in a garden.. and I've even petted 
> a tarantula.. but I confess
> I kill any I find in my apartment as brown recluse spiders do live in the 
> city... but I'd be inclined to trap and
> release a Daddy Long Legs if one appeared.

We call them Daddy Long Legs too.  We get them in our house but they're 
harmless so I just leave them.  Always thought they were spiders.

The only things I kill without mercy are female mosquitoes, any other unwelcome 
guests I capture and take outside.

Cheers,
Dave


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Re: Ping

[Daniel J. Matyola]

There has been regular activity, but at a rather low rate.


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On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:25 PM, John Sessoms 
wrote:

> No activity since 17 Jan 2018, so I thought I'd just check in.
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Ping

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No activity since 17 Jan 2018, so I thought I'd just check in.

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Re: PESO: Spider Family

[ann sanfedele]

I thought that,  then looked on web and saw article saying they were.. 
and believed it because I

always think, these days,that it is my brain that is going...
went back again and found more evidence to to split them out --
the other name I had forgotten was "harvestmen" and refering to them I 
found this:



Scorpions are in the Order Scorpiones,*spiders*are in the Order Araneae, 
ticks and mites are in the Order Acari. The creatures most correctly 
called*daddy*-*longlegs*are in their own separate Order which is 
Opiliones. Common names for this Order are 1)*daddy*-*longlegs*, 2) 
harvestmen and 3) opilionids.


But there is something called a Cellar spider.. which is sometimes 
called a "daddy long legs spider"  I guess because they resemble the 
harvestmen


much confusion

ann

On 1/18/2018 10:36 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

They are not spiders;  they’re arachnids, but they’re actually more closely
related to scorpions than they are to spiders.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/59455/15-fascinating-facts-about-daddy-longlegs

Dan Matyola
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On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 10:08 AM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:


David,

Wow, I've never seen anything like that!
So many spiders, and especially little ones!

Personally, I don't like this type of spiders. In my childhood we didn't
even considered them as spiders.
(In the US they are called "Daddy longlegs", and I saw a reference but
have never heard from anybody personally, "harvestmen/harvesters".
The latter is interesting, because in Russia they are called very
similarly (if translated), "hay-scyther" or "scythe-legs")

I prefer what I would call more "traditional" spiders, with shorter legs,
especially those that make nice looking webs in the forest [*]  (as long as
it is not in my face ;-) ).
Or, house ones, like this:
http://42graphy.org/galleries/spider/bin/images/large/IMGP4079_Edit.jpg

My favorite so far, is this UFO (I posted it here some 2.5 years ago):
http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-06-10-spider/


-
[*] You might call it a "bush", what we call a "forest" here.
At least that's how it is in Australia. :-)

Cheers,

Igor




David Mann Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:18:37 -0800 wrote:

Arachnophobes, avert your eyes :)

We found a spider with her little hatchlings on our kitchen ceiling today.
This is the first time I've used my DSLR since last April, and I don't
know how
long it'd been since I last used a tripod.


http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1054/#peso

Cheers,
Dave

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Re: PESO: Spider Family

[Daniel J. Matyola]

They are not spiders;  they’re arachnids, but they’re actually more closely
related to scorpions than they are to spiders.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/59455/15-fascinating-facts-about-daddy-longlegs

Dan Matyola
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On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 10:08 AM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:

>
> David,
>
> Wow, I've never seen anything like that!
> So many spiders, and especially little ones!
>
> Personally, I don't like this type of spiders. In my childhood we didn't
> even considered them as spiders.
> (In the US they are called "Daddy longlegs", and I saw a reference but
> have never heard from anybody personally, "harvestmen/harvesters".
> The latter is interesting, because in Russia they are called very
> similarly (if translated), "hay-scyther" or "scythe-legs")
>
> I prefer what I would call more "traditional" spiders, with shorter legs,
> especially those that make nice looking webs in the forest [*]  (as long as
> it is not in my face ;-) ).
> Or, house ones, like this:
> http://42graphy.org/galleries/spider/bin/images/large/IMGP4079_Edit.jpg
>
> My favorite so far, is this UFO (I posted it here some 2.5 years ago):
> http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-06-10-spider/
>
>
> -
> [*] You might call it a "bush", what we call a "forest" here.
> At least that's how it is in Australia. :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Igor
>
>
>
>
> David Mann Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:18:37 -0800 wrote:
>
> Arachnophobes, avert your eyes :)
>
> We found a spider with her little hatchlings on our kitchen ceiling today.
> This is the first time I've used my DSLR since last April, and I don't
> know how
> long it'd been since I last used a tripod.
>
>
> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1054/#peso
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
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Re: A bit of excitement yesterday

[Daniel J. Matyola]

I am taking images but have been too busy to post.

I need to find my submissions for the 2018 PDML Annual first!

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On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:01 AM, Alan C  wrote:

> Agreed but it seems to have silenced his K5IIs.
>
> Alan C
>
> -Original Message- From: Chris Mitchell
> Sent: 18 January, 2018 5:57 PM
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> Subject: Re: A bit of excitement yesterday
>
>
> That's the best response to this cock-up that I've heard. Pragmatism at its
> finest. Well done Dan!
>
> Chris
>
> On 14 January 2018 at 19:09, Daniel J. Matyola 
> wrote:
>
> We are at the beginning of our annual sojourn on Maui.
>>
>> Yesterday, at a little after 8:00 AM, we were having breakfast at a lovely
>> beachfront restaurant   All of a sudden my phone started to scream, as did
>> those of my wife, my son and all the other patrons in the restaurant.
>> Picking up my phone,  I read:  "Emergency alert -- BALLISTIC MISSILE
>> THREAT
>> INBOUND TO HAWAII.  SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.  THIS IS NOT A DRILL."
>>
>> I looked at it a few times, looked around the room at the other patrons,
>> shrugged and went back to my breakfast.  I mean, if it was real, what
>> could
>> one do?  go to the basement, so the building could collapse on me?  Head
>> up
>> the mountain, where I would be more exposed to blast and radiation from an
>> explosion at Pearl Harbor?  Not much would help.  After all, if one is to
>> die, why not do it in paradise with a glass of fresh guava juice and Eggs
>> Benedict?
>>
>> All of the other patrons in the restaurant -- probably mostly Canadians --
>> also shrugged, put their phones down, and continued with breakfast.
>>
>> It took 38 minutes for the "authorities" to issue a retraction through the
>> emergency system.  My son was able to find a couple of reliable tweets
>> stating it was a false alarm within about 10 minutes, but still, the delay
>> was inexcusable.
>>
>> Elsewhere in Hawaii, there was real panic.  In Honolulu, hospital patients
>> were moved from their beds to the basement.  tourists panicked on Waikiki.
>> Children were in tears.  The biggest problem is that, if there ever is a
>> real alert, who would believe it.
>>
>> An hour after the event, CNN was covering nothing else.  The mistake
>> appears to have been human error, at the level of the state emergency
>> center in the crater of Diamond Head, and even the senior military on
>> Hawaii (who would be the first to know of a real attack) were caught by
>> surprise and confused.
>>
>> On Maui, most were more concerned with the high surf warnings than the
>> ballistic missile warning.
>>
>> A bit of excitement in the midst of the serenity of paradise.
>>
>>
>> Dan Matyola
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PESO 2018 - 002 - GDG

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

It was Summer. I was sixteen, on the beach with several high school friends. I 
was alone; with my friends. 

  https://flic.kr/p/JDdDjB

I never met her. I saw her on the beach, walking by the water's edge, and I was 
transfixed, in rapture, by the way she moved and the glory of that sarong. I 
made just the one exposure: it blazes in my memory as if it were yesterday. 

The waves of emotion I feel just seeing this photo again, forty-eight years 
later, I cannot describe.

G
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Re: Week 2 PDML Photo Annual Update

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Well, in the interest of participating, I've been through a fraction of my 
Pentax photos from late 2004 to about mid-2005 and pulled 99 that might be 
worthy of processing into something. Might not … But there are another 28,000 
unprocessed photos between mid-2005 and about mid-2008 to hunt through further. 

It's just all a lot of work and I've been pretty sick with pneumonia this past 
ten days. Slowly coming out of it now, finally. 

G

> On Jan 18, 2018, at 6:50 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> Adam, I'm having the same problem - but Mark did say it was ok to reach back 
> into our archives, as long
> as either body or lens is Pentax   - I might do that with one of em


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Re: Week 2 PDML Photo Annual Update

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Well, in the interest of participating, I've been through a fraction of my 
Pentax photos from late 2004 to about mid-2005 and pulled 99 that might be 
worthy of processing into something. Might not … But there are another 28,000 
unprocessed photos between mid-2005 and about mid-2008 to hunt through further. 

It's just all a lot of work and I've been pretty sick with pneumonia this past 
ten days. Slowly coming out of it now, finally. 

G

> On Jan 18, 2018, at 6:50 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> Adam, I'm having the same problem - but Mark did say it was ok to reach back 
> into our archives, as long
> as either body or lens is Pentax   - I might do that with one of em

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Re: PESO: Spider Family

[ann sanfedele]

Always called them "Daddy Long Legs" and didn't know, as a child, that 
they were spiders.. but they are harmless

to humans and I always found them cute...
I like the photo a lot, it looks like some sort of minimalist painting.. 
and they dont look at all creepy.


I'm not bothered by spiders in the wild or in a garden.. and I've even 
petted a tarantula.. but I confess
I kill any I find in my apartment as brown recluse spiders do live in 
the city... but I'd be inclined to trap and

release a Daddy Long Legs if one appeared.

ann

On 1/18/2018 11:10 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

Am 18.01.18 um 16:08 schrieb Igor PDML-StR:


Wow, I've never seen anything like that!
So many spiders, and especially little ones!

Personally, I don't like this type of spiders. In my childhood we 
didn't even considered them as spiders.
(In the US they are called "Daddy longlegs", and I saw a reference 
but have never heard from anybody personally, "harvestmen/harvesters".
In this part of Germany, they're called weavers ("Weberknecht"). They 
have to be spiders as I hate them just as passionately as all the rest 
of them


Ralf




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Re: PESO: Spider Family

[Ralf R Radermacher]

Am 18.01.18 um 16:08 schrieb Igor PDML-StR:


Wow, I've never seen anything like that!
So many spiders, and especially little ones!

Personally, I don't like this type of spiders. In my childhood we didn't 
even considered them as spiders.
(In the US they are called "Daddy longlegs", and I saw a reference but 
have never heard from anybody personally, "harvestmen/harvesters".
In this part of Germany, they're called weavers ("Weberknecht"). They 
have to be spiders as I hate them just as passionately as all the rest 
of them


Ralf

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Re: A bit of excitement yesterday

[Alan C]

Agreed but it seems to have silenced his K5IIs.

Alan C

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From: Chris Mitchell

Sent: 18 January, 2018 5:57 PM
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That's the best response to this cock-up that I've heard. Pragmatism at its
finest. Well done Dan!

Chris

On 14 January 2018 at 19:09, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:


We are at the beginning of our annual sojourn on Maui.

Yesterday, at a little after 8:00 AM, we were having breakfast at a lovely
beachfront restaurant   All of a sudden my phone started to scream, as did
those of my wife, my son and all the other patrons in the restaurant.
Picking up my phone,  I read:  "Emergency alert -- BALLISTIC MISSILE 
THREAT

INBOUND TO HAWAII.  SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.  THIS IS NOT A DRILL."

I looked at it a few times, looked around the room at the other patrons,
shrugged and went back to my breakfast.  I mean, if it was real, what 
could
one do?  go to the basement, so the building could collapse on me?  Head 
up

the mountain, where I would be more exposed to blast and radiation from an
explosion at Pearl Harbor?  Not much would help.  After all, if one is to
die, why not do it in paradise with a glass of fresh guava juice and Eggs
Benedict?

All of the other patrons in the restaurant -- probably mostly Canadians --
also shrugged, put their phones down, and continued with breakfast.

It took 38 minutes for the "authorities" to issue a retraction through the
emergency system.  My son was able to find a couple of reliable tweets
stating it was a false alarm within about 10 minutes, but still, the delay
was inexcusable.

Elsewhere in Hawaii, there was real panic.  In Honolulu, hospital patients
were moved from their beds to the basement.  tourists panicked on Waikiki.
Children were in tears.  The biggest problem is that, if there ever is a
real alert, who would believe it.

An hour after the event, CNN was covering nothing else.  The mistake
appears to have been human error, at the level of the state emergency
center in the crater of Diamond Head, and even the senior military on
Hawaii (who would be the first to know of a real attack) were caught by
surprise and confused.

On Maui, most were more concerned with the high surf warnings than the
ballistic missile warning.

A bit of excitement in the midst of the serenity of paradise.


Dan Matyola
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Re: A bit of excitement yesterday

[Chris Mitchell]

That's the best response to this cock-up that I've heard. Pragmatism at its
finest. Well done Dan!

Chris

On 14 January 2018 at 19:09, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:

> We are at the beginning of our annual sojourn on Maui.
>
> Yesterday, at a little after 8:00 AM, we were having breakfast at a lovely
> beachfront restaurant   All of a sudden my phone started to scream, as did
> those of my wife, my son and all the other patrons in the restaurant.
> Picking up my phone,  I read:  "Emergency alert -- BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT
> INBOUND TO HAWAII.  SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.  THIS IS NOT A DRILL."
>
> I looked at it a few times, looked around the room at the other patrons,
> shrugged and went back to my breakfast.  I mean, if it was real, what could
> one do?  go to the basement, so the building could collapse on me?  Head up
> the mountain, where I would be more exposed to blast and radiation from an
> explosion at Pearl Harbor?  Not much would help.  After all, if one is to
> die, why not do it in paradise with a glass of fresh guava juice and Eggs
> Benedict?
>
> All of the other patrons in the restaurant -- probably mostly Canadians --
> also shrugged, put their phones down, and continued with breakfast.
>
> It took 38 minutes for the "authorities" to issue a retraction through the
> emergency system.  My son was able to find a couple of reliable tweets
> stating it was a false alarm within about 10 minutes, but still, the delay
> was inexcusable.
>
> Elsewhere in Hawaii, there was real panic.  In Honolulu, hospital patients
> were moved from their beds to the basement.  tourists panicked on Waikiki.
> Children were in tears.  The biggest problem is that, if there ever is a
> real alert, who would believe it.
>
> An hour after the event, CNN was covering nothing else.  The mistake
> appears to have been human error, at the level of the state emergency
> center in the crater of Diamond Head, and even the senior military on
> Hawaii (who would be the first to know of a real attack) were caught by
> surprise and confused.
>
> On Maui, most were more concerned with the high surf warnings than the
> ballistic missile warning.
>
> A bit of excitement in the midst of the serenity of paradise.
>
>
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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Re: Spider Family

[Alan C]

Daddy Long Legs in SA too. Common in houses here.

Alan C

-Original Message- 
From: Igor PDML-StR

Sent: 18 January, 2018 5:08 PM
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Subject: Re: PESO: Spider Family


David,

Wow, I've never seen anything like that!
So many spiders, and especially little ones!

Personally, I don't like this type of spiders. In my childhood we didn't
even considered them as spiders.
(In the US they are called "Daddy longlegs", and I saw a reference but
have never heard from anybody personally, "harvestmen/harvesters".
The latter is interesting, because in Russia they are called very
similarly (if translated), "hay-scyther" or "scythe-legs")

I prefer what I would call more "traditional" spiders, with shorter legs,
especially those that make nice looking webs in the forest [*]  (as long
as it is not in my face ;-) ).
Or, house ones, like this:
http://42graphy.org/galleries/spider/bin/images/large/IMGP4079_Edit.jpg

My favorite so far, is this UFO (I posted it here some 2.5 years ago):
http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-06-10-spider/


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[*] You might call it a "bush", what we call a "forest" here.
At least that's how it is in Australia. :-)

Cheers,

Igor




David Mann Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:18:37 -0800 wrote:

Arachnophobes, avert your eyes :)

We found a spider with her little hatchlings on our kitchen ceiling today.
This is the first time I've used my DSLR since last April, and I don't
know how
long it'd been since I last used a tripod.


http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1054/#peso

Cheers,
Dave

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Re: PESO: Spider Family

[Igor PDML-StR]

David,

Wow, I've never seen anything like that!
So many spiders, and especially little ones!

Personally, I don't like this type of spiders. In my childhood we didn't 
even considered them as spiders.
(In the US they are called "Daddy longlegs", and I saw a reference but 
have never heard from anybody personally, "harvestmen/harvesters".
The latter is interesting, because in Russia they are called very 
similarly (if translated), "hay-scyther" or "scythe-legs")


I prefer what I would call more "traditional" spiders, with shorter legs, 
especially those that make nice looking webs in the forest [*]  (as long 
as it is not in my face ;-) ).

Or, house ones, like this:
http://42graphy.org/galleries/spider/bin/images/large/IMGP4079_Edit.jpg

My favorite so far, is this UFO (I posted it here some 2.5 years ago):
http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-06-10-spider/


-
[*] You might call it a "bush", what we call a "forest" here.
At least that's how it is in Australia. :-)

Cheers,

Igor




David Mann Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:18:37 -0800 wrote:

Arachnophobes, avert your eyes :)

We found a spider with her little hatchlings on our kitchen ceiling today.
This is the first time I've used my DSLR since last April, and I don't 
know how

long it'd been since I last used a tripod.


http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1054/#peso

Cheers,
Dave

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Re: Week 2 PDML Photo Annual Update

[ann sanfedele]

Adam, I'm having the same problem - but Mark did say it was ok to reach 
back into our archives, as long

as either body or lens is Pentax   - I might do that with one of em

ann

On 1/17/2018 2:07 PM, Adam Montoya wrote:

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 7:30 PM, Mark Roberts 
wrote:


Week 2 has wrapped up with some more first-rate photos received. I was
able to keep track while I was away in North Carolina, so I didn't
have a pile of work to do when I arrived home.

So far it's looking like a strong start to the 2018 edition.




I've uploaded 1 so far.  I didn't take many photos in 2017 so I'm having a
hard time figuring out what is PDML worthy this go around.

-Ada,





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