Sex in the Garden
This weekend was spent studying some more of spiders and taking photos of some of the flowers in the garden. I've spotted three different spider species in just that small area (one Longjawed Orb Weaver too!). I can only imagine how many variations exist out there. I even tried taking a video of a female(?) spider building its web but my crappy camera has no way of auto-focussing in Macro Mode and lots of operational issues came up ;/
The moment I woke up today (at around 06:30 AM or so) I rushed to the garden to see what's up with the orb-web that a large spider had built the previous night. It was still on and the spider was still there. I thought, cool. By the time I finished brushing my teeth the web was gone and only the 'bridge thread' remained (see this page for more details on what the 'bridge thread' is about and what cool structural engineering goes on in an orb-web and DON'T miss this video if you want to know how the web gets constructed!).
Back to the garden... Here is my Photoset: Sex in the Garden. By no account detailed enough to be called a 'Documentary'. Though, at some point, I would like to do a documentary on spiders (when I have the knowledge... and equipment, too :) ).
Thanks to Bangalore, I cannot even imagine such flowers growing up in Chennai's weather!
Oh, and I just got an application form for B.Sc. in Biology from IGNOU. Procrastinating about some hi-funda higher studies at some hi-funda university will never materialize, me thinks. Rather better off getting some fundamentals right. Does it matter whether its from an IGNOU or some hi-fi university as long as I can keep up with the enthu and learn more? I'm yet to do the form-filling, passport-photographs, affidavits, etc.,. though ;/ (oh crap, I need to figure out all the 'attestation' and shite too ;/).
(update: Added a thumbnail pic. We all know people tend to click on images more ;) )
The moment I woke up today (at around 06:30 AM or so) I rushed to the garden to see what's up with the orb-web that a large spider had built the previous night. It was still on and the spider was still there. I thought, cool. By the time I finished brushing my teeth the web was gone and only the 'bridge thread' remained (see this page for more details on what the 'bridge thread' is about and what cool structural engineering goes on in an orb-web and DON'T miss this video if you want to know how the web gets constructed!).
Back to the garden... Here is my Photoset: Sex in the Garden. By no account detailed enough to be called a 'Documentary'. Though, at some point, I would like to do a documentary on spiders (when I have the knowledge... and equipment, too :) ).
Thanks to Bangalore, I cannot even imagine such flowers growing up in Chennai's weather!
Oh, and I just got an application form for B.Sc. in Biology from IGNOU. Procrastinating about some hi-funda higher studies at some hi-funda university will never materialize, me thinks. Rather better off getting some fundamentals right. Does it matter whether its from an IGNOU or some hi-fi university as long as I can keep up with the enthu and learn more? I'm yet to do the form-filling, passport-photographs, affidavits, etc.,. though ;/ (oh crap, I need to figure out all the 'attestation' and shite too ;/).
(update: Added a thumbnail pic. We all know people tend to click on images more ;) )