Itsy bitsy spider

rhermans

I don’t function well with hot weather (33°C and above), so the only thing left for me to do was to sit in the garden out of the sun.
Thats when I spotted these small spiders, living in holes in leaves. (2-4mm).



when I stroked the underside of the leave, the spider would leave the hole and stay a few moments on top of the leaf.



a closer crop



only it didn’t stay long enough on the top side to be sure I had a good shot so …
i broke of a tiny twig, got the spider out of its hole and plugged it.

It didn’t like it, but after a few shots I removed the plug.



another closer crop



It’s friend a few leaves further on was the next target.
Only to get a descent image I had to focus stack 3 images to get this.



Pentax - K20d – raynox dcr20 + kiron 105mm = 2.1:1 macro and off camera flashes.
f8->f11, iso280, 1/125sec

Cheers

Ronny

Lord Vetinari

Lovely captures- think they are running crab spiders.
Brian V.

Chrissiebeez_NL

cool! looks like the light was a bit harsh but still nice captures! Do you use flash diffraction?

rhermans

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Lovely captures- think they are running crab spiders.
Brian V.

Thanks Brian,

I think they are crab sprides, but the smallest I've seen.

rhermans

Chrissiebeez_NL wrote: »

cool! looks like the light was a bit harsh but still nice captures! Do you use flash diffraction?

Thanks Chrissiebeez,

I use flash diffusion, (diffraction I don't know when It comes to flashes), and I'm still figuring out how to get the best results.

Although I've got the feeling I'm getting closer.

Chrissiebeez_NL

ah sorry, diffusion, that was the word i was looking for

looking forward to more of your work

PeterD-2009

Nice captures Ronny. I agree with Brian, they are crab spiders. The first and second pair of legs are longer than the other pairs - a characteristic of this family. #6 shows the classic, at rest, pose of these spiders.

Thanks for sharing

rhermans

Thanks Peter

GOLDENORFE

very good series, well shot

phil

rhermans

Thanks Phil