Beautiful, congratulations on your win.
Hello Silver, my condolences on your friend. Glad to hear he will be okay. You haven't listed billing or shipping info.
Does the 150mm Macro have OS?
Hi Diane,
I'm no expert but, a quick review and google search... I think it's a Golden Silk Orb Weaver...
http://spiderzrule.com/commonspidersusa.htm, a short excerpt from the site below.
Golden Silk Orb Weaver - Nephila clavipes
The Golden Orb Weavers build large, semi-permanent orb webs. The strong silk has a golden sheen. These spiders remain in their webs day and night and gain some protection from bird attack by the presence of a 'barrier network' of threads on one or both sides of the orb web. Sometimes their strong webs manage to trap small birds or bats, and the spider will wrap them and feed upon them. Commoner prey items include flies, beetles, locusts, wood moths and cicadas. Golden Silk Orb Weavers are large spiders (body 2-4 cm) with silvery-grey to plum coloured bodies and brown-black, often yellow banded legs. The males are tiny (5 mm) and red-brown to brown in colour. This spider belongs to the Tetragnathidae (longjawed orbweavers) family.
Nephila clavipes is the only species in the Nephila genus that exists in the USA.
My bad, typo (shoot Canon)... See there's something to be said for proof reading before posting :)
Hey Bill,
Take a look at the P938 from Sig Sauer. Same size as a P238 (.380 Auto) in 9mm, just a little more girth front to back in the grip, both are 6 +1 capacity.
P938/P238
I bring a friend along too when out in the field, SIG P226...
Yes, I have the same concerns. Good equipment isn't cheap and everyone knows it. One suggestion (as I don't shot Cannon) would be after market lens covers. Many wildlife photographers use camo style covers to help them remain less detectable to the wildlife they are trying to capture in images. They may also be available in black or muted dark colors like dark grey.