Anterior Median Eyes of an Adult Jumping Spider | Salticus Scenicus

Hi all !

 

As promised here's a high magnification Portrait image of just the head of a well known British Jumping Spider - Species Salticus Scenicus... ( Size of subject approx. 5mm )

 

This is most probably the best Macro work i've done so far in my history of Macro stuff but it was extremely frustrating to get... It took hours to get the sppider to sit still and hours to get photos worth stacking. In the end i got my photos and gave him some peace while i processed them. Again i used the Blue tac packet as a background colour, this time it was a bright orange colour which i thought worked well with the composition as a whole.

 

This was taken with my 28mm f2.8 prime FD lens reversed on extension tubes also mounted onto the bellows at full length. Stacked from around 10 or so images maybe more.

Now a lot of you have been asking 'why is my macro not clear etc'

Well for those people who do not understand Stacking, here's a brief tutorial on how it is done and a program you can use to stack your photos for the best quality outcome ;

 

Video tutorial - www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJiEw4VCcYU

Stacking program ( free ) - zerenesystems.com/cms/stacker

 

If you want to see a larger image click here ; www.flickr.com/photos/sequentialmacro/6801042794/sizes/l/...

 

Here's my Facebook Macro Photography Fan page for those interested ; www.facebook.com/pages/Macro-Photography/126069520823109?...

 

Cheers everyone, Criticism is welcome !

Done