Friday, November 14, 2014

It's a Small World


Hundreds of spiders are so miniature that they look like a lump of dirt. This lump starts to disintegrate when my "up-close" curiosity overwhelms. 

I think of whom to follow initially, but chasing two rabbits means catching neither. I turn to continuous high speed, focus on the big lump and hand over everything to my luck. 


It is easier when the miniature mushrooms are not rabbits.

With such a skinny body, their heads look abnormally huge, and their lucks are very much required when a small breeze comes up.

That is the side effect of extreme dieting.


And bald-headed, and the whole body shrinks under this unshrinkable head that contains a hard brain that determines to be miniature.

And small is beautiful.


31 comments:

MTWaggin said...

Small is beautiful and so much fun to photograph. Nice shots!

Coloring Outside the Lines said...

I really enjoy observing nature up close. Neat macro shots.

Debbie said...

eeekkkkk, that's a lot of spiders. you have a great eye for the incredibly small!!!

TexWisGirl said...

you're so cute. :) extreme dieting. :)

love the baby spiders!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

That is a massive ball of spiders! Most interesting to see; you have a good eye to find them and a good talent to be able to photograph them. But I am glad you also included some mushrooms -- and yes, these ones have a very skinny supporting structure. They are beautiful!

Gail Dixon said...

Those spiders are giving me the heebie geebies!

Sharkbytes said...

Those spiders are really cool, and your shots of them worked!

Bob Bushell said...

Small but beautiful, the spiders are out of this world.

carol l mckenna said...

another creative post and beautiful nature photography!

Happy Weekend to you!
artmusedog and carol

Mary Hone said...

Oh wow, those spiders! And the mushroom is awesome too, such a tiny world.

Ni de Aqui, Ni de Alla said...

Great pictures! I love the many baby spider one. Yea, they say that extreme dieting is not so good, but they wont listen! :)

Anonymous said...

Small is, indeed, beautiful! Love those skinny mushrooms and those tiny baby spiders. Wonderful shots.

Hannah said...

The tiny golden mushrooms are so cute, they do have shrunken little stems. I shudder to find such balls of tiny spiders, I hope it is warmer there for them than it is here.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Reminds me of the itsy-bitsy spider and the water spout.
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Rick (Ratty) said...

I think that's the most spiders I've seen at one time. Good pictures.

betty-NZ said...

Your little toadstools are just so pretty! The spiders certainly know how to party!

Bangchik and Kakdah said...

It's a small world indeed, with many kings and queens..... and I love the kingdom of spiders, very aerial.

Magia da Inês said...

✿✿ミ
۵ Olá!
Uma vez eu vi esse fenômeno do nascimento de centenas de aranhas... elas foram carregada pelo vento.
Os cogumelos magrelos são graciosos.

✿ミ
╭✿╯Boa semana!
╰✿╮Beijinhos do Brasil.

A Colorful World said...

So true...small is very beautiful when one has an eye to see it! Great shots!

Small Kucing said...

so many spiders..

It;s rainy season over here. My garden is full of snails now .

Hansedeern said...

Wounderful photos!
Hugs Britta

Icy BC said...

I have seen a group of baby spiders before, but couldn't stomach myself to take pictures.

Your mushroom photos are just beautiful!

EG CameraGirl said...

So many spiders! And I always enjoy your mushroom photos!

fredamans said...

EEK!! LOL
Pretty mushrooms!

Laura said...

I have to say I am drawn to those bright mushrooms. Thanks as always for sharing the love up-close with I Heart Macro:-)

Unknown said...

Cute shots of the baby spiders. I'm very happy they're nowhere near me though!

Gemma Ann said...

great shots but the thousands of crawling spidey gives me the chills..ewww.. :)

Helma said...

The small seed boxes are wonderful in your photos. They also have a beautiful soft background:-) The little mushrooms are very beautifully photographed. Class!

Villrose said...

Small, but diverse!

Laura. M said...

Jajajajaaa ... not good, so much diet :))
Good week.
a hug.

Molly said...

and all the best things come in small packages

mollyxxx