Photo by Tonia, who hugs trees G. :...

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Aniko Nov 2, 2009, 4:27pm EST

What a great shot, Tonia. I would never have guessed the spiderweb.

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Roy ☯ Hilbinger Nov 2, 2009, 4:32pm EST

Wow! I'm speechless!

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Nippy Katz (not his real name) Patriotic Troll of Gather Freedom Nov 2, 2009, 4:40pm EST

That's beautiful. Just the right distance to make it look totally abstract.

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Alison H. Nov 2, 2009, 5:03pm EST

An amazing capture, and I can see you in the raindrops!

Tonia, who hugs trees G. Nov 3, 2009, 11:00am EST

Ha - I wondered whether anyone would pick that out :)

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Nana to Seven Cutiepies Nov 2, 2009, 6:24pm EST

Oh how cool, nice pattern.

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Bill L. Nov 2, 2009, 7:12pm EST

Who would of thought a spider web could be so attractive?

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Verie Sandborg Nov 2, 2009, 7:12pm EST

Creative capture. Almost like diamonds spread out for each of us to pick one.

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Faith H. Nov 3, 2009, 5:59am EST

Wow!

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d g. Nov 3, 2009, 8:07am EST

Wow, you could come up with a screensaver set within your repertoire!

Tonia, who hugs trees G. Nov 3, 2009, 10:58am EST

I've thought about that but have no idea how one would put something like that together.

d g. Nov 3, 2009, 12:39pm EST

Me neither! But I bet I could write a program.

And, you could google 'screensaver maker' and see what you come up with.

Or, you could check the archives of 'www.giveawayoftheday.com' for the same thing. I did that and saw some programs that allow you to make up a slide show with music.

Someone on Gather knows how to do this I bet. You have enough really great pictures that you could come up with family stocking stuffer CDs, too!

d g. Nov 3, 2009, 12:40pm EST

Check this out:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977869189

d g. Nov 3, 2009, 1:16pm EST

Oh well, I just tried the above and it is limited. It requires an older version of Windows Media, WM 9. I did reverse install WM 9 and installed PowerToy. It only works for videos, it seems to me.

But it did work, cool. But you still have to take three steps back to get there from here.

I'll look around some more tomorrow, or I'll start coding (if I have time...)

Tonia, who hugs trees G. Nov 3, 2009, 4:03pm EST

Smiling here at your enthusiasm for this - you did give me an idea - at one point I was making slide shows with musical accompaniment - I may revisit that idea - though I'm sure there is also some free program out there that will let me create them. Who knows - you may be the first recipient :)

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Dave Sandborg Nov 3, 2009, 9:24am EST

I wonder what the spider does when it rains like that! :-)

Tom Gerace Nov 3, 2009, 9:33am EST

I believe it depends on whether this particular spider is a normal-sized spider or an "eensey weensey" one. Everyone knows that eensey weensey spiders are drawn to water spouts in the rain.

Janna R. Nov 3, 2009, 10:50am EST

Thanks for the earworm, Tom.

(I thought the rain washed the spiders out. It's the sun that get 'em going up the spouts.)

Tonia, who hugs trees G. Nov 3, 2009, 10:57am EST

Is there an "eensey weenesy" version of "itsy bitsy" or is it an "itsy bitsy" version of "eensey weensey"? I'm always uncertain as I grew up on the Australian version of everything and have discovered there are some interesting differences.