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I came across this little gem while going through the photos in my collection. I took a picture of this little guy a week or so ago. The picture doesn’t quite do the size of this fellow justice. In actuality this is about the biggest spider I have ever seen. He was about 3 or so inches across and at first I didn’t notice him. But when I did, I have to admit I jumped back. I have been to the botanical gardens dozens of times and have never seen anything more dangerous than bumblebees. This little fella gave me quite the startle.

I went back a couple of days later and saw three spiders of the same kind through the gardens. After seeing the third one I really wanted to get a good picture. I thought that perhaps brushing the spider with a long blade of grass might make him move just a little so I could get a better shot.

He moved alright. He began to rock back and forth in the middle of his web getting the whole thing to swing! He got it moving about six inches from front to back. I’ve never seen a spider do that. I figured I better leave him alone before he hurt himself or worse yet, me.

Check out the big picture, he’s a creepy little crawly.

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I posted some pictures of my adventures on the roof of the Westin Hotel. I think the pictures of downtown Charlotte came out pretty damn well. It was a heck of an experience, with a clear night sky, a slight breeze and an excellent sunset to start everything off.

I tried a lot of different exposures ranging from 1/15 sec to 13 seconds. I also used my remote trigger so I didn’t have to shake the camera to trip the shutter.

Since I may never get back up there again, I took my laptop with me and checked out the pictures while sitting on the roof. That is some pretty high in the sky geeking right there.

I think a lot of these turned out very well and I’m considering having one of them blown up to poster size to hang on my wall. I printed a few as 8×10’s for my own little gallery already.

I posted some of the pictures from the Charlotte Auto Fair. Some really neat cars out there. This little Jaguar was one of my favorites.