Spiders!!!!!!

sirsloop

Shots taken with my Canon Rebel XTi and EF 35mm f/2.0 lens, reversed on the body. These spiders look huge, but they are about 1/8" long!!!

Dick on Aruba

Very nice series, well done!

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

justME

Their just beautiful and your shots are fantastic. Fun to see them so close..errha so far! Well done.

Awais Yaqub

Loved them very nice

Bayer-Z28

Crab Spider? I like those little guys. Neat to watch. How did you get him to sit still long enough? Amazinly close! Nice work!

sirsloop

The first one wasnt very cooperative. He let me get three photos, then took off on me. I the other guy was a little better, but I ended up corralling him a bunch with a twig.

I believe both of them are a vatiety of jumping spider.

sirsloop

I believe the one with more of the photos is a "Marpissa muscosa"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marpissa_muscosa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Marpissa_muscosa_front_%28aka%29.jpg

Harryb

Outstanding shot, excellent details.

schmoo

AARGHH!! They're staring at me!!

Great shots! I love how you can see your reflection in the last two.

greenpea

Amazing pictures!

How far away from the spider were you?

sirsloop

The 35mm lens focus's around 4" from the subject. The DOF is impossibly thin wide open, but is manageble at f/8 or so