Lynx spider

[astro_south]

Finally got out for some macro fun yesterday - terribly out of practice, but managed to grab this shot in amongst many out of focus misses :whistle:.

[Octane]

Andrew,

Simply magnificent. Perfectly framed.

Regards,
Humayun

[matt]

Terrific shot, Andrew.

What camera/lens combo did you use?

[Ric]

Great shot Andrew, fascinating subject with all the hairy spikes.

[RB]

Superb shot !

Very sharp, I assume that's with the 100mm macro?

:thumbsup:

[Matty P]

Just stunning. Great shot Andrew. :thumbsup:

[Sharnbrook]

Lovely shot Andrew, but surely, couldn't you have found one with wheels on?? :lol::lol:

[astro_south]

Thanks for the feedback / comments guys - very much appreciated.





Shot was taken with a Canon 400D and 100mm f2.8 macro lens. Other shot details include shot on manual with Tv = 1/200th, Av = f/13, ISO = 200. I used a 580EXII flash and Lumiquest softbox which I have found gives more even lighting.




Thanks Mike ... we should have chosen spiders or legs or spikes or macro for a topic - but it still would have been too late :)

[Striker]

What a beauty Andrew you must be happy with this shot.

Well done.

[StephenM]

Fantastic shot Andrew!
I can see that I'll have to save up for a dedicated macro lens - the 70-300 telephoto/macro that I have is OK for a bit of mucking around, but it can't produce images like that!

Cheers,
Stephen

[ving]

very niffy shot :D

a bit dark tho :confuse3:

[astro_south]

Thanks guys



yeah - when I first loaded it into lightroom I had a play with the exposure but I thought that brightening it took away from the image and made the image background looked pushed. Therefore I reset the exposure to the original out of camera and left it at that. I should point out that it was overcast with some dark storm clouds approaching and I was only using the flash at around 1/8 power. I think the lighting is "moody" and the main subject is lit enough, albeit slightly uneven for the out of focus legs, and therefore decided to run with it.