Glenn -- I've just gotten back to reading some of the list - and , of course, who can resist a subject line like yours?
I'm loving the tale of the jumping spider... and your respect for her.... thanks for posting it! best, ann D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: >Dear Spider, > >I do hope you enjoyed your refreshing cool-down. I did >fear I'd left you in there too long, as you were lying >on your back with your legs curled up when I took you >out. Hoping you were not actually dead, I confess that >I did spend the time walking upstairs pondering how to >pose you in a lifelike manner if you were. > >But dayum, you thawed out awfully quickly, didn't you? >When I tipped you out on the windowsill -- I thought the >direct sunlight would make it easier for me to focus -- >you immediately showed every bit as much energy as when >I chased you around the ceiling a day or two ago! But >remember what I said about jumping onto the lens barrel? >Tut tut. Now if I'd had a film body loaded and ready >for macro when you did that, I would've tried to get a >picture of you _there_, but you jumped onto the only >camera I was actually ready to shoot, and that is just >plain unhelpful. > >I noticed how you kept maneuvering away from the Flashy >Thing, making it difficult for me to keep you both in the >frame and adequately lit; and you certainly noticed that >convenient hole in the moulding faster than I did (I'm >glad you came back out). > >I wasn't really finished yet when you escaped out the >window and down the front wall of my house, but I do >agree that despite the number of wee insects entering >my house via the gaps around the screens, you probably >will be more comfortable, and better fed, out there. > >But if any of your kinfolk come visiting later, I _am_ >going to have to insist that they spend some time modelling >for me. The flash only lasts for an instant, y'know. > > -- Your Host > >PS: You did remember to take all of your belongings with >you when you left, right? You didn't leave, ah, an egg >case hidden in one of the cracks in my wall, I hope? >Because I'm really not so good with _baby_ spiders, not >since the time hundreds of them started parachuting down >on me in bed on a night when I had a high fever (and my >friends thought I was hallucinating when I described the >situation, because they didn't know that's what hatchlings >do (I think some people say "ballooning").) So an egg case >would not be a very good prize for me at all, and I hope >you didn't leave one. > > ><http://www.kempt.net/~glenn/photos/Spider20080609.jpg> > >(As noted in another message, the computer I had been >editing photos on appears to have cooked its hard drive, >so I edited this one one a machine with a dim screen that >has lots of dead pixels; I haven't seen it on a good >monitor yet and don't know whether to trust the levels. >And I really did have a devil of a time getting the >flash -- on an extension cable -- lined up while the >spider ran around. I know I saw DIY plans for an LED >ringlight somewhere recently; I should build one.) > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
