I am quite afraid of large spiders, but the ones you photographed are gorgeous! The detail on their legs and bodies was outstanding!
Since we're on the topic, I took this pic tonight after reading this thread and rather than start a new thread, I thought I'd keep it on-topic and add my picture to the list.
This guy builds a web every night under our floodlights in the corner of our screen porch. I never dreamed I'd be able to actually get a picture close enough to identify him and see him properly...till I pulled out my 70-300mm lens!
