daddy longlegs

[ving]

hows this for an imaging train...

pk13 extention tube, 3x TC, nikon 55mm micro lens, reverse mounted nikon 50mmf1.8 :D

i took a guesstimate at a 5:1 reproduction ratio and a DoF or less than a millimeter (ok, maybe 1mm at the most) :poke:

[iceman]

Wow that is awesome!

Top stuff Dave! Now I know what their little faces look like when I squash them :lol:

[ving]

poor little buggers!!!
dont squash them mike!:P my cat eats them... it funny to watch :D

[AlexN]

Amazing shot David... Is your macro lens A/F or are you manually focusing these?

I took my first spider photo today... Although I stayed well away from it... 300mm f/2.8 + 2xTC, 600mm F/5.6, I was about 3m away from a golden orb spider, and it still filled the entire frame...

Thats about as close as I get.

[ving]

manual alex, completely manual... manual focus, manual aperture, manual iso, manual shutter speed, manaual flash, manual everything :)

in actual fact i didnt really use the lens to focus, i set it to infinity (which was about 4-5cm away from the spider) and moved the camera back and forth till focused :)

[madtuna]

and I hope you scrunched it with the manual :D

[RB]

Great for horse racing when there's a question of a dead-heat. :whistle:

Great capture vingo!

[Craig.a.c]

That is a great shot. I had no idea what their faces looked like. They are the only spiders I don't kill in my house.

[ving]

thanks peeps, they are the only spider that don't freak cheryl out :)

[Robert_T]

wow Ving, now that is the extreme end of macro...tubes, teleconverters and a reversed lens... you'd be scarier looking than any spider:D

[ving]

gee thanks robert! and i though my beauty routine was working!