Lucky Sunday!

teamracephotosteamracephotos Registered Users Posts: 492 Major grins
edited September 9, 2008 in Holy Macro
Went out Sunday afternoon to the overgrown field by my work, had a lot more light this time. MM

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“I love not man the less, but Nature more.”
— Lord Byron

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  • GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited September 8, 2008
    Damm, that spider must be huge, poor bee! great shots of it clap.gif

    last couple shots look a little soft?
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  • teamracephotosteamracephotos Registered Users Posts: 492 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2008
    Thanks....
    GOLDENORFE wrote:
    Damm, that spider must be huge, poor bee! great shots of it clap.gif

    last couple shots look a little soft?
    phil

    The last couple where captured at ISO 800.... forgot to change it from the night before.... Woops. One day I will have a D700 and be able to use Higher ISO. MM
    “I love not man the less, but Nature more.”
    — Lord Byron
  • obecanobeobecanobe Registered Users Posts: 278 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2008
    Top shots. Particularly like the first.
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  • RobbugRobbug Registered Users Posts: 132 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2008
    That is one of the most interesting spiders I have seen. I love the details in the legs. And I agree with Phil... I feel for the bee. I think #1 is akin to a labrador with a duck in twisted sense - also my favorite of the series. Nice shots!

    Rob
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2008
    Wonderful series - esp like the Lynx spider shots- great angles and light.
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2008
    teamracephotos wrote:
    Went out Sunday afternoon to the overgrown field by my work, had a lot more light this time. MM

    Wow that spider scored well with the Bee clap.gif
    Nice and sharp too, it's got such long legs on it that spider!

    Their venom must work pretty fast to paralyse the prey.

    Gosh even your Dragonfly is eating dinner....... was it lunch time rolleyes1.gif

    Got some Great shots here thumb.gif ..... Skippy :D
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  • sandman0930sandman0930 Registered Users Posts: 4 Beginner grinner
    edited September 9, 2008
    awsome pictures can you teach me how to take such amazing shots
  • teamracephotosteamracephotos Registered Users Posts: 492 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2008
    Thanks everyone for the great comments!
    At the time I found the spider I had been waiting for a Bee to come over and land on the flower right in front of me. Then I noticed a bee upside down under a different flowers pedals, so I moved over to it…. And there was the spider. I have been able to capture these spiders before, they always seem to be on white flowers? I wonder if it helps with the camouflage? MM


    Sandman0930
    Thanks for the great comment. I am not qualified to teach, but I can tell you that getting a lower angel and using the sky as a back drop works for me. I am continuously having lighting issues with just flash or just natural light. The spider images have both natural and heavily defused flash. I was lying on the ground on my back facing up, with ants and mosquitoes biting me.
    F11 or higher (the spider was f18) and if most of the frame is BRIGHTER then the subject bump up your EV (the spider is +2/3 EV). Thanks again. MM
    “I love not man the less, but Nature more.”
    — Lord Byron
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