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    Portia is amazing! I am a spider guy, but I don’t really have a favourite one. There are too many awesome ones.

    Also, those are amazing pictures for 2004!

    This species is actually the title picture of my US field guide! A very good book!

    • Hah! I’m fortunate to not really be much of an anything guy, which seems to have the advantage that I get to have favorites. I’m in [email protected] which I enjoy immensely, and I love the photos, but I’m not really an owl guy so to speak, so I have my 2 favorites. Same with spiders. And dogs. I guess I am a cat guy, but while I love all cats I still prefer certain breeds. Maybe I just have an inclination to bias.

      Those were taken with my Canon 10D. I’ve always stuck with SLR interchangeable lens cameras, so for any given time period my picture quality gives me a technology edge. I didn’t really switch from film to digital until IL SLRs were available. Anyway, thanks for the compliment. I have several more of her, but I figured those were enough for an ID.

      And no kidding - that’s one of our lady’s cousins, right on the cover!