October Challenge - Arachnids

GOLDENORFE

an easy subject to start with [ unless you are afraid of them:rofl ]
lets all go out and shoot spiders, webs, close ups and artistic web shots.
no limit to number of pics and comments welcomed

lets see some interesting compositions everyone

phil

GOLDENORFE

i will start with a crab spider shot.

x5 mag, shot on finger tip. 4 frames focus stacked using zerene stacker @f5.3
resting lens barrel in palm of hand and sliding forward to shoot different focus points.
[ used f5.3 to reduce diffraction softening at high magnification]

phil

PeterD-2009

What a great image. I have seen people use stacking techniques for macro on here for the first time. I must try and give it a whirl.

Paul Iddon

Garden (Orb) Spider on Leylandii
Not in Phil's league cos I don't have the lenses or the skills (heheh) that he (and LordV) have, but here is a female Orb spider sat on a bit of a Leylandii branch - but had to do indoors to counteract the wind and rain in Preston tonight. She probably appreciated 10 minutes indoors before I put her back into the branches.

C&C as always.

Exif:

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 450D
Image Date: 2009:10:02 21:35:50
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 105.0mm
CCD Width: 4.18mm
Exposure Time: 0.0063 s (1/160)
Aperture: f/13.0
ISO equiv: 200
White Balance: Manual
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual









Paul.

PeterD-2009

Paul Iddon wrote:

Not in Phil's league cos I don't have the lenses or the skills (heheh) that he (and LordV) have, but here is a female Orb spider sat on a bit of a Leylandii branch - but had to do indoors to counteract the wind and rain in Preston tonight. She probably appreciated 10 minutes indoors before I put her back into the branches.

C&C as always.

Exif:

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 450D
Image Date: 2009:10:02 21:35:50
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 105.0mm
CCD Width: 4.18mm
Exposure Time: 0.0063 s (1/160)
Aperture: f/13.0
ISO equiv: 200
White Balance: Manual
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
Paul.

Well done Paul . I guess the indoor studio use was for your benefit though . The focus/dof are spot on. I guess this is s single image and not stacked.

Paul Iddon

Yeah, its a single image. I'm not proficient enough to stack!!!


Paul.

PeterD-2009

Paul Iddon wrote:

Yeah, its a single image. I'm not proficient enough to stack!!!


Paul.

Paul,

Neither am I:D . I shall read about it though and might give it a whirl later. Its getting a steady shot of a mobile subject with different focus points that really has me wondering how they do it.

JonP

Another orb spider
About all that is present in my garden at the moment.
So here is my first attempt.
I had just walk through his web and he had retreated to an arch above my head

Carmelo75

Here is a fresh shot from today, and my first attempt at macro HDR. 5 bracketed shots, 1eV spaced, to capture the high contrast of the scene. Handheld and ambient light.

I shoud add few focus stacks next time, but still I do not get good results with that technique...

Carmelo75

Paul Iddon wrote:

Not in Phil's league cos I don't have the lenses or the skills (heheh) that he (and LordV) have, but here is a female Orb spider sat on a bit of a Leylandii branch - but had to do indoors to counteract the wind and rain in Preston tonight. She probably appreciated 10 minutes indoors before I put her back into the branches.

C&C as always.

Paul.

Excellent shot, I really like it!
Moreover, I think the out-of-focus elements of the spider harms give depth to the image, so that focus stacking would not improve the image in this case...

PeterD-2009

Common Garden Spider
Patiently waiting for a meal.


See how each foot is carefully placed at a junction of web fibres radiating out.

Lord Vetinari

Wonderful captures by everybody !

Some spidery shots from me.

Brian v.

Common orbweb spider with bee capture - focus stacked by hand



Shed spider skin focus stacked using zerene stacker



Sheet web spider


raindrops in sheetweb spider web

PhotoDavid78

Here is my submission.

ladykassie

Spider
Here is mine.. ;0) Granted it's not as cool as the others..

frons

Shot this a couple of months ago. Does that count? <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/mwink.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >
The dragonfly is a Celithemis elisa, but I don't know my spiders. C&C welcome.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42993036@N05/4002749853/&quot; title="DSC_1694 by frons-photo, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2601/4002749853_74990737d6_b.jpg&quot; width="685" height="1024" alt="DSC_1694" /></a>

PeterD-2009

Great capture - for both of you:D.

The spider looks to be a hunting spider and was probably although I too have been unable to give it an ID for you. Perhaps someone else can.

Cuong

1. Enjoying breakfast


2. Daytime retreat


Cuong

frons

PeterD-2009 wrote:

Great capture - for both of you:D.

The spider looks to be a hunting spider and was probably although I too have been unable to give it an ID for you. Perhaps someone else can.

Thanks, Peter. It looks a bit like a large jumping spider (the elisa skimmer is rather small), but I haven't had any luck finding anything conclusive.

mehampson

It's been obnoxiously cold here in Boston for the past month or two, and I haven't come across anything interesting in a few weeks. But here's my favorite spider shot from the summer, an orchard spider (<i>Leucauge venusta</i>) from the end of August:

blaser321

Ok just got my canon 500 close up lens too day and gave it a try I put it on my 70-200\2.8 L is lens
then added 2.0X II extender so 400mm, Iso 400 f18 flash 3/10 epo
would tubes be better? Is there a better way to get more magnification?

Rocketlily

Due to an extreme fear of spiders and extremely cold weather here for the past few weeks, I will have to post one taken this summer.

LeftHand

green on red
hi,
taken in the philippines this summer, saw this green spider against the red wall of the house... not really 1:1 macro, but the colors caught my eye...

GOLDENORFE

great shots everybody
keep them coming
phil

GOLDENORFE

a couple more!

phil

natural light


full flash