Report No 2. Should I be scared? 我應該感到害怕嗎？

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In the evening, I met a Lynx Spider (Oxyopes striagatus) on my balcony and I took a photo of it. I was startled when I saw the image on the camera screen. Should I be scared?

傍晚，我在陽台遇見了一隻條紋貓蛛（Oxyopes striagatus），我幫牠拍了相片。我看了相機螢幕上的影像嚇了一跳。我應該感到害怕嗎？

1. The photo appears to show an angry beast in a field during a full moon. Is it a werewolf?

這張照片似乎顯示出在滿月時，原野上有一隻憤怒的野獸。難道是狼人？

 

2. Then I took a few more photos of it from different angles. The full moon is gone, and it looks like a Chou role / buffoon (aka "little painted face") in a Beijing opera, a little bit exaggerated, a little funny, as usual.

然後我從不同的角度又幫牠拍了幾張相片。滿月消失了，牠看起來就像是京戲中的丑角（又名"小花臉"），有一點誇張，有一點滑稽，像往常一樣。

3. It was still on my balcony the next morning. I took a profile shot of it while it was perched on a branch.

隔天早上牠還在我在陽台。趁著牠停在樹枝上的時候，我拍了一張牠的側面照。

4. After it left, I took a ruler next to the branch and took another picture with a similar angle.

等牠離開後，我拿了一把尺貼近樹枝旁，用相似的角度拍了另一張照片。

5. Here is a merged photo. It turns out that it is not a big monster. It is only 4mm in size. I think it is just a cute teen spider.

這是合併的照片。原來牠不什麼大怪獸。牠只有4mm大。我認為牠只是一隻可愛的青少年蜘蛛。

6. The window behind the spider directly reflected the light from the flash on the camera. The main front light illuminated the spider's eyes; the reflected back light outlined the spider's fine hairs. I'm not familiar with the formal terms in photography. Maybe someone would be willing to tell me how to describe this single flash, two-ray shot. Thanks!💓

相機上的閃光燈光線，剛好正正地從蜘蛛後方的窗戶反射回來。前方主燈照亮了蜘蛛的眼睛；反射背光勾勒出蜘蛛的細毛。我不熟悉攝影中的正式術語。 也許有人願意告訴我如何描述這種單次閃光、兩次射線的拍攝。 謝謝！

 

By Tsao 曹登富敬上