The price of pollen part 6

DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
edited April 13, 2007 in Holy Macro
Still no such thing as a free lunch -unless you're a crab spider...

All Canon gear: Xti (manual mode F10, 1/200, ISO 100) + 1.4 teleconverter + 25mm extension tube + 100mm macro lens. MR-14EX ring flash set to a 4:1 ratio and -1/3 FEC.

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C&C always welcome :cool
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  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    Great stuff... only... now I'll be sneezing for the rest of the day. :lol4
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    Phil U. wrote:
    Great stuff... only... now I'll be sneezing for the rest of the day. :lol4

    I have asthma and it always acts up this time of year...
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  • photographixphotographix Registered Users Posts: 181 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    oooo thats gona leaf a mark
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    just be nice THATS ALL! www.photographix.smugmug.com :seamus
  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    photographix wrote:
    graet shots thumb.gif

    Thanks! :cool
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    Wow your photos made me wish that i was a bug !
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    Still no such thing as a free lunch -unless you're a crab spider...

    All Canon gear: Xti (manual mode F10, 1/200, ISO 100) + 1.4 teleconverter + 25mm extension tube + 100mm macro lens. MR-14EX ring flash set to a 4:1 ratio and -1/3 FEC.

    C&C always welcome :cool

    Thats interesting John, the Crab Spider has turned the fly around choosing to eat it head first eek7.gif

    Great sequence shots John clap.gif ... Skippy
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2007
    There is a lot of equipment goes into these shots. Very nice, as usually, i'm running out of nice words to say... I'll just bow... bowdown.gif
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2007
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    Wow your photos made me wish that i was a bug !

    Hopefully not the fly... :D
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    Thats interesting John, the Crab Spider has turned the fly around choosing to eat it head first eek7.gif

    Great sequence shots John clap.gif ... Skippy
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    They spin their prey around a lot, but they seem to want to feed by biting the back of the neck. My guess is that the spider injects digestive enzymes from multiple points to speed up the breakdown of the soft tissue in the victim.

    Ew! eek7.gif
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2007
    ShepsMom wrote:
    There is a lot of equipment goes into these shots. Very nice, as usually, i'm running out of nice words to say... I'll just bow... bowdown.gif

    Thanks for the props Marina! :cool

    The gear just helps me get a lot of magnification without forcing me to get really close.
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