Misty Mornings

[colincurry]

I took these early on Tuesday morning near the River Great Ouse. The sun was beginning to poke through and it was beautifully eerie. Not much good for birds but I did manage to get a ghostly crow perched on a dead tree - more of a grey silhouette in the mist.

Colin

[Owl-Light]

Great photos, evey one of them and a pleasure to see. Well captured guys

Did anyone see that bit on Autumn Watch where Simon King was using a tuning fork - of all things - to make the resident spider think it was a fly. It was astonishing to see it rush out and grab the fork? Gotta get me one now. I'm serious, next time I'm in town for sure

He also used the misting technique - apparantly it does them no harm - but I prefer to photograph things just as I find them, its part of the magic of it somehow.

Colin I would very much like to see your Crow pic. Very fond of Crows am I.

[colincurry]

Hello Sheryl

I wish adding snaps to posts were simpler for an ancient techophobe like me.

I hope these are of crows; at least they are of solitary rooks.

The very grey one is of a crow on a tree across the river; the other two are of a preening crow - a black bird against a grey sky with the poor light coming from the wrong direction. As my wife says, there's always a reason why you don't get the snaps you want! Of course, operator error comes into it.

I hope we have not strayed too far from this thread and that the thought police won't be after us.

Colin

[Owl-Light]

They're great silhouettes (never sure how to spell that word) Colin, I love them. Wonderfully moody and atmospheric. Pretty sure they're Crows not Rooks. Something about the body shape and beak size.

I don't think we've strayed too far. Still looks like Misty Mornings to me

[speckled wood]

Originally Posted by nightshade

I use one of those 99p misting sprays then I can select the most
accessible photogenic web

I admit that I would be very much against this as spiders do have enough to contend with from nature itself without us interfering for the sake of "art", there are more than enough photogenic misted webs out there.

Maybe this thread would be more appropriate in the photography sub forums.

[Earth Hart]

Originally Posted by speckled wood

I admit that I would be very much against this as spiders do have enough to contend with from nature itself without us interfering for the sake of "art", there are more than enough photogenic misted webs out there.

Maybe this thread would be more appropriate in the photography sub forums.

Gordon Bennet!!! He's not turning up with a Green Goddess & 600lbs psi of water, just a fine mist.

[speckled wood]

Originally Posted by Earth Hart

Gordon Bennet, he's not turning up with a Green Goddess & 600lbs psi of water, just a fine mist.

To a spider the scale would be similar to 600lbs psi on human! It matters not whether it is a fine mist it is deliberately interfering with a spider's web in that way just for the sake of a pretty picture. We don't need to do this just for the sake of a pretty picture there is enough out there c/o mother nature herself.

[Owl-Light]

Originally Posted by speckled wood

To a spider the scale would be similar to 600lbs psi on human! It matters not whether it is a fine mist it is deliberately interfering with a spider's web in that way just for the sake of a pretty picture. We don't need to do this just for the sake of a pretty picture there is enough out there c/o mother nature herself.

I'm not sure it would actually cause any harm, no more that a slight drizzle and would be unlikely to damage a web. But like you I prefer not to interfear and also it takes the authenticity out of any photographs you might take that way.

I guess the tuning fork as an attractor is interfearing a little but again pretty harmlessly if you only do it once to see whose home.