Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)

Probably my favorite photo I ever took of spider behavior.

 

This is such an incredibly strange and interesting scene. It appears that the female has caught the moth, and the male took his chance to approach the female while she was distracted.

 

I have never seen or photographed something like this, and i am really stoked the stack worked out. I took almost 1000 frames of this scene just to hopefully get a single stack that works.

 

Had to take this at a lower magnification and then crop a little, would have really helped if I had a higher megapixel body, @omsystem.cameras 30mp OM1 III when?

 

Magnification: low

Handheld stacked image

ISO 200, f8, 1/50s

 

Gear:

OM-D EM1 Mark III @omsystem.de @omsystem.cameras

🔎 M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO

⚡ Godox V860o-III @godoxlighting

With a brand new @ak_diffuser

 

!Advert! I now have a referral link through which I‘ll earn a small commission through each purchase at the AK diffuser shop, if you want to support me, you can check out the link in my profile!

 

Done