I have received a great deal of feedback about my nature photos over the years and I noticed something surprising about which photos people like best. I thought images of Bald Eagles, hummingbirds, wildflowers and waterfalls would evoke the most passionate responses but it turns out to be spiders and their webs that move people to write and say “wow!”

In the early morning, when the fog and dew have decorated the spider webs with “jewels,” I sometimes stop and look across a field through hundreds of webs reflecting the rising sun through countless, brilliant strands of lights. And if you get really close with a magnifying glass or a camera lens that will take micro images, you can see some amazing things inside those webs! 

Just click on the spider below to see some of these weavers of delight inside Gallery #2 (“Spider in Web on Dewy Morning”) and Gallery #3 (“Spider Web Universe”). Then go outside at dawn one morning and find some of your own!
-Jim