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The morning dew clings to the delicate tapestry of a spider web on a misty summer morning. In the background, verdant reeds, fuchsia thistle blooms and snowy Queen Anne's lace blend into a multicolor patchwork.

In the still morning air, my movement and breathing was enough to stir the webs and throw them in and out of the narrow field of focus. It took a lot of patience and stillness on my part to capture these dew-laden nets with the relatively long exposures necessary in the early morning light.

It was almost as if they refused to be captured until I became one with their surroundings.

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Click on pictures to enlarge. Photographs © 2007 James Jordan.