Spider lovers.... - a Tegenaria Gigantea for you...

Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
edited March 18, 2015 in Holy Macro
Lovely docile female - whenever she moved into the wrong position, I just guided her back to somewhere better. She climbed on my hands a half a dozen times and was very gentle with me!

I have re-homed her in my outhouse, at the opposite end to the big one that is living at the darkest farthest corner...

Venus lens, Yongnuo diffused flash, and the fangs were with a 12mm tube, 21mm tube, & 1.4x teleconverter...


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Paul.


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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2015
    Close shots are damn good!
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2015
    Although not sure if not being a spider lover qualified me to comment.headscratch.gif
  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2015
    Laughing.gif, thanks SB thumb.gif

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2015
    Wonderful series Paul - esp like the last 2 shots
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  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2015
    Lord Vetinari wrote: »
    Wonderful series Paul - esp like the last 2 shots
    Brian V.

    Cheers Brian :)

    Paul.


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  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2015
    Very nice images, although I'm starting to worry about your level of emotional involvement! rolleyes1.gif

    Harold
  • CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,080 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2015
    I can appreciate your superb technical and artistic prowess with the camera and macro lens. The last shot is exceptional, albeit a little disturbing.

    But Paul, since you refer to her in such intimate terms, does she really deserve to be put in an outhouse? Although, I am sure that the term "outhouse" means something different in the UK than it does in the US. :D
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  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2015
    e6filmuser wrote: »
    Very nice images, although I'm starting to worry about your level of emotional involvement! rolleyes1.gif

    Harold


    I'm always connected with my subjects when possible Harold, lol.. :D


    Paul.


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  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2015
    Cavalier wrote: »
    I can appreciate your superb technical and artistic prowess with the camera and macro lens. The last shot is exceptional, albeit a little disturbing.

    But Paul, since you refer to her in such intimate terms, does she really deserve to be put in an outhouse? Although, I am sure that the term "outhouse" means something different in the UK than it does in the US. :D

    Outhouse in my terms is the garden shed - though rather than wood, it is built with bricks. Nice and warm in winter for spiders. The darkest corner is home to one very very large member of the spider family. Now, this nearest corner to the door should become this lady's new haunt... :)

    Thanks for looking Jo.

    Paul.


    Link to my personal website: http://www.pauliddon.co.uk





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