Spider in the kitchen

Paul Iddon

Last summer there was a spider in the gardening gloves we keep in a corner of the kitchen.

10 months on and he is back again. Well, it could be him, can't be certain of course...

Anyway, me being me, and not being overly bothered by spiders, in I went nice and close to get a looksee. Had some help from the wife on this, she held the ringflash against a sheet of A4 printer paper to try and diffuse some of the flash. That's the nearest she's gotten herself to the creature.

This house spider, is the Teganaria gigantea.


Exif:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: 105mm
Image Date: 2011-07-08 17:12:12 +0000
Focal Length: 105mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.017 s (1/60)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: A View of the UK - Paul Iddon Photography



C&C as always appreciated.






Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely capture paul - any idea of the leg span ?
Brian v.

HillTop1

wow, great shot!!

Paul Iddon

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Lovely capture paul - any idea of the leg span ?
Brian v.

Hi Brian.

He was getting on for pretty much close to two inches from left to right.




Paul.

SnoopMacro

Tell your wife that she did a great job helping with the lighting.
That is a very interesting composition with the second shot.

Good shooting

Paul Iddon

Thanks Ken.

On the second image, you can see two parts of the glove - probably the a finger and the thumb - and we are seeing him stood between them - like he's looking out from the mouth of a cave.


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Wicked_Dark

nice houseguest. I especially like the perspective you chose.

Paul Iddon

Wicked_Dark wrote: »

nice houseguest. I especially like the perspective you chose.

Thank you. I was down on the floor with him!


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DeVil

I like the first shot
Just do not try to catch a spider like this guy :D:D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRV4d9LCawU&feature=player_embedded

Paul Iddon

He's a big one that's for sure!


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Bend The Light

I hate house spiders, but I still have their pictures! I did it with a small lens and macro tubes...he was virtually touching the lens! Don't know why I do it, really!

These images are great, Paul. I like the lighting you have here...nice and bright, makes him look not quite so dark and hairy.
And an excellent composition on the second, as someone already said.

Paul Iddon

Thanks Craig, glad you like them


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TBandura

I love the second one. It has such a close, trapped feeling. (And the spider is pretty scary at that size as well!)

Paul Iddon

Thank you Tim

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bluelagoon

Oh! I love and hate spiders! The second one is great! Are you using a regular flash or a ring flash?
Thank you!

Paul Iddon

bluelagoon wrote: »

Oh! I love and hate spiders! The second one is great! Are you using a regular flash or a ring flash?
Thank you!

Hi Manuel, thanks for the comment


I use a Marumi Ring Flash, it is a budget flash - there are Canon and Sigma models which are far superior but cost quite a bit more than I could afford to pay.


Paul.