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This fine lady has been patrolling my garden for pests for months now. I finally broke out the macro lens and spent some time photographing her.
Years ago I had a flash rig for photographing butterflies. It was a tiny pocket flash with the smallest softbox I've ever seen, all stuck on the end of an arm that positioned the softbox over the end of my lens.
That flash won't work with modern cameras, and the softbox yellowed through prolonged use. But just for kicks I photographed this spider using ambient light and using my new flash with a stofen stuck on its nose. Not as soft as the softbox, but a drastic improvement over the ambient light I was getting.
Only once did she seem to mind my mucking around so close to her web. I tried using my hand as a white card, and accidentally touched her web. She made it quite clear she was done playing for the day. I appreciate how many bugs she eats, so I gave her her space and packed my gear.
This spider was the size of a dime. Read about how this image was created over on the website at this link.
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Questa foto è la mia prima macro (la prima DEGNA, quantomeno), realizzata con la mia prima macchina fotografica digitale, una Epson PhotoPC 850Z che a tutt'oggi ancora funziona e fa il suo bel lavoro, seppure con 2.1 megapixel, che ormai fanno ridere i polli e con un ingombro non indifferente (praticamente è grande quanto una reflex!)
I went back and found this spider that I shot before. She was still in the same spot, although I almost had my face in her web before I noticed her. I think she's beautiful. I could only get a decent shot of her underside. Her body is only about an inch long, so she's not as huge as she looks here. This was shot without a flash and with a Canon 100mm macro lens handheld.
Estava sentado observando aves quando ouço um barulho no chão. Uma tarântula havia atacado um gafanhoto e estava fazendo uma boquinha.
Local: Mata de Santa Genebra - Campinas - SP
Yesterday may have been my "day off," but I never had the opportunity to take a photo. Just spent the day running errands!
So, here's one that was just hanging out on my hard drive. This spider was wrapping up his dinner when he saw me and reeled it upward, to hide behind a hand rail.
Back to work today! Maybe I'll have more opportunities.
I found this cutie pea jumping around on the bark of a holly tree.
I'm pretty much at the limits of my equipment and technical ability when it comes to capturing subjects this small. And the limits are definitely showing more here at f/16 than they do in my other portrait of this spider at f/8.
Reversing/stacking lenses or simply picking up a close-up filter are definitely more financially attractive options than picking up a real macro lens...
It was dark, so I didn't know which end I was shooting until I had pressed the shutter, as usual, the butt came out first!