Stock Shot Project

I found this guy, a large black and yellow Argiope Spider, in a plantation garden.  It is sometimes referred to as a "writing spider" because of the zig-zag pattern it makes on its web.  Shot up close with the Nikon D7000 and 24-70mm zoom lens set to 70mm and f/2.8.  This created a shallow depth-of-field that threw the background out of focus.  Otherwise, the background would have had too much detail that would detract from the spider.