A Lot of Firsts - _TNY_0155
I got myself a new camera (a Canon 5Ds) in the off-season of 2021 and the day before yesterday I finally found an invert to photograph with it so this is the first shot of 2021 as well as the first shot using the 5Ds.
Also, this is the first shot with my latest diffuser on the flash and with this being a Tetragnatha obtusa - it's the first of that species which I have found. Tetragnatha spiders are known as "stretch spiders" due to how they like to stretch their very long front pair of legs ahead of them like this one is doing.
This was a very small spider, only about 3 mm (~0.12") in body length so I shot it using the MP-E65mm at 3.7:1 magnification. Here's a short video showing my finger next to it for scale: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51141632285/
A Lot of Firsts - _TNY_0155
I got myself a new camera (a Canon 5Ds) in the off-season of 2021 and the day before yesterday I finally found an invert to photograph with it so this is the first shot of 2021 as well as the first shot using the 5Ds.
Also, this is the first shot with my latest diffuser on the flash and with this being a Tetragnatha obtusa - it's the first of that species which I have found. Tetragnatha spiders are known as "stretch spiders" due to how they like to stretch their very long front pair of legs ahead of them like this one is doing.
This was a very small spider, only about 3 mm (~0.12") in body length so I shot it using the MP-E65mm at 3.7:1 magnification. Here's a short video showing my finger next to it for scale: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51141632285/