a not so rare, flightless, DolomedesTenebrosus
by ralph

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
In my opinion, this doesn't meet the spirit of the challenge. Nice photo though.

a not so rare, flightless, DolomedesTenebrosus
by ralph

Comment by Bebe:
Creepy! But after looking at all the beautiful birds, it was fun to see something like this.

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by ralph

Comment by tcrock41:
nice detail

a not so rare, flightless, DolomedesTenebrosus
by ralph

Comment by beaflies:
Amusing, creapy, and well done :)

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by ralph

Comment by bandit:
Very nice use of light and darkness. Good luck.

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by ralph

Comment by Nitin:
This is as good as it gets.. very nice!

a not so rare, flightless, DolomedesTenebrosus
by ralph

Comment by docurrie:
Well it was pretty hard not to meet this challange and put a bird in the picture but you succeeded. Good exposure though.

a not so rare, flightless, DolomedesTenebrosus
by ralph

Comment by SJCarter:
Very cool photo. Unfortunately though, I promised myself that I would stick to the letter of the challenge (which states there must be at least one bird in the shot). I'm sticking to my scoring rules & curve, but instead of a 1 I did give this the highest mark I could without meeting the challenge (3). Like I said, I LOVE the shot, so it pains me to do it, but I do my best to remain consistent and unbiased in my scoring. (You got amazing detail on the spider - very cool!)

a not so rare, flightless, DolomedesTenebrosus
by ralph

Comment by vtruan:
I need a feathered creature eating your wonderful spider

a not so rare, flightless, DolomedesTenebrosus
by ralph

Comment by Matthew:
you got there just too late - I guess that monster ate the bird?