Monday
Sep172012
Night Weavers
September 17, 2012 
Can you imagine how many hands it took to create such intricate beauty? How many pairs of eyes? How many needles and skeins of thread?
I wondered if there was just one..or were there two or more. I wondered if there was a method or a plan. I wondered how it is they did this in the short time that they did...because - just yesterday - there was nothing. And - today - here it is.
Night weavers. Little creatures who wake while we sleep. Busy little hands and feet who weave silk and light and shadow into this.
Reader Comments (47)
Ohhhh! I gasped! What an amazing sight!
You've captured this marvel beautifully. I often wonder about the work that goes into creating these masterpieces.
That is beautiful, great capture - I would think many spiders did this. I have a lovely image in my mind of a little community working together and chatting as they spin.
So amazing isn't it? So much work, so fast. Beautiful capture!
Nice use of the light and shallow DoF to make the web jump out.
The muted background colors and shallow DoF make the webs POP. Stunning.
They are incredible, aren't they!
This photograph from amazing!
Your thoughts, words and photograph have touched my heart. I feel magic here!
Love the brilliant, creative title.
What a beauty of a find!! And you captured it brilliantly!
Gorgeous artwork, both from the spiders and the photographer, Marcie.
Such a lovely masterpiece, so perfectly captured through your lens.
I agree with Elizabeth...I gasped when I opened this image this morning...what a find Marcie...beautiful!!
Amazing to think that this was created overnight - such intricate beauty.
When I saw it I gasped....ohhh. I love spiders:)
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Such an perfect shot! Appears that you have found a community of spiders.
It's enough to blow the mind! You and them both... :)
this is beautiful.. great shot!
..well some of them have more than two eyes.. ;D
Me too, gasping away here! How very beautiful our world is:~)
Last Friday, leaving the house walking toward the sun, I noticed a spider's strand, just a single strand, stretching from one tree to another. It must have been 25 feet long! There appeared to be no bracing, no other strands, no vertical drops to it. HOW did that spider do that? It's the equivalent of the first strand of the Brooklyn Bridge! And by definition, had to be the work of a single spider.
Of course, it had no chance of survival, and was gone when Ii got back from work.
Really cool. Those webs look thick!
Thanks for your words and magical image!
Awesome Marcie!
Someone has been very busy, or there is a complete organization at work there!
Oh my1 This is fantastic!
beautiful light and focus...and the first of the wonderful gifts of autumn!
Great capture!
Miraculous!
Nice lighting. details. and DOF.
Dew-laden, back-lit spider webs are simply bejeweled delights! I photographed one recently in a cedar somewhat similar to this. I may have to post it on my blog so you can see it. This time of year the early morning with heavy dew and bright clear sunrise and fog is mystical!
Lovely, simply stunning!!!
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Night Weavers...wonderful, descriptive word. It seems that every morning I manage to walk into a Night Weaver's hard work!!! This is quite the camera shot...seldom do I see intricate webs filled with bits and bobs..... Thank you for visiting my blog...yes, I do have a photography blog, but it is also bits and blobs.....irregularly posted. I don't have your stamina nor talent to fill each day with inspiring words and photos. The very best to you and all that you share. smiles: sharon
wow, great pattern
I'm not so sure that spiders use their hands. But whatever, the webs are undoubtedly an object of autumnal delight.
Wonderfully creative photography ~ Nature is certainly grand! ~ (A Creative Harbor)
Autumn is comming......
Amazing capture.
Incredible!
I've yet to see so many so close to each other ~ a little village :)
The lighting, the focus, the composition are all perfect!
LOVE
Very nice musings and pix. That 's really something what little creatures can do!
Une merveille cette construction naturelle.
Une merveille cette construction naturelle.
Just amazing!
nature is the most miraculous of all. Beautiful photo and words. visiting you via Creative Every Day.
Nothing informs more that autumn is upon us than this wonderful sight.
Pure perfection! Nature creating these and you capturing it so beautifully. Silky smooth background make the subject stand out even better. Very nice work!
Beautiful and delicate.
Great focus and detail.