Dew Drops on a Orchard

• Photographer
  Balan Vinod

Dew Drops On a Orchard The first dew has started falling in the tropics, and I was searching for an insect with dew. Having spotted a few orchard spiders ((Leucauge venusta) which were just a few inches above ground, I was lying down on the ground to see if I could get a good view. They were orchard spiders and with the web almost parallel to the ground. Using the plants they had built a parallel web to the ground. They had their back facing the ground too. The web and the spider had collected a lot of dew overnight. Having set up the tripod about a few inches from the ground I strapped on the extension tubes. Wanted to give prominence to the web, which was a fine white carpet from the top. I then tilted the camera, so that this looked diagonal. The end result was a little spider, which was magnified due to the extension tubes, and fine silky web.