At home

Taken using manual focus. I don't usually focus manually if I can help it. Consequently I don't get much practice.
The weather has been pretty awful here lately, not much good for getting out and about but it has made me get out in the garden and practise manual focusing. So here's a spider at home on its web.

I had a go at a water drop on a web after I did this : http://365project.org/dulciknit/on-the-day-extr/2012-10-23

Thank you very much to everyone who looks in on/comments on my photo's. It's really kind of you and I'm very grateful.

[Janet]

They don't seem to mind the weather, do they? A well-focused image; it is difficult to manage with the slightest wind blowing the spider off the focusing plane.

[Milanie]

See, you don't need sunshine to make a super photo - I've been hunting a spider web for weeks with no luck. I love the way you've composed this and the detail it has.

[Livia]

Great shot of the spider. The water droplets on the web look so pretty!

[Claire]

Goodness just caught up with all your shots, they are really fabulous; your area and surrounds are gorgeous. Loved the water reflection shot. Had to stop commenting on all your shots otherwise I will never catch up. :0)

[Taephy]

very nice shot, Alison! a kind of mystery here...

[Tammie]

Really looks stunning when you view it large.

[Carole Imes]

This really fits in with Halloween just around the corner. Fabulous capture and the soft focus adds so much to the eeriness. Good one, Alison!

[Jen Hudson]

You have got the spider well focused. Certainly a must to see close up.
The drops and web look so delicate.

[Jean Tookey]

That is brilliant Alison. Lovely soft focus. I tried for ages to get a similar shot.

[carol white]

Great focusing,nice water droplets on the web!!

[elkehochban]

Well done! The only way I can shoot cobwebs is on manual - my camera wants to shoot THROUGH the web on autofocus.

[jerry plume]

I love this in B&W! Webs are so hard to shoot!

[Cindy Hagan]

Great job with the manual focus! Nice shot.

[Netkonnexion]

Presumably you spent the day on the web? LOL.
Excellent shot and great detail. Nice one.

[Jennifer C]

great focusing! Lovely detail! x Weather looks dreadful! oh