The face of an Orb Weaver

[Insane Climber]

Russian built 40 mm lens with 15mm spacer ring and +4 close up filter, olympus E-420

[duncan]

Hey Jason that's a ripper of an image!!!!!
I reckon a few members will have nightmares after looking at that,LOL:lol:

Cheers:thumbsup:

[Starkler]

scary looking beastie :scared:

[gary]

Fabulous shot and interesting to study too!

Best Regards

Gary

[lacad01]

That's one hairy looking sucker :)

[mental4astro]

If I were a male orb-weaver, I'd probably think "HOT STUFF!"

I'm not, so, after the cold shiver subsides, I'll limit my comments to that is a truely spectacular picture!

[Insane Climber]

Thankyou for the kind comments, Glad you enjoyed the pic.

If you think it looks scary imagine how i felt trying to focus with him only a few inches away:eyepop:

[Dennis]

Wow – what an amazing photo with extraordinary detail and clarity! I think that I can see the articulated or ball & socket joints where the front legs meet the body.

Cheers

Dennis

[M54]

That's incredible!:eyepop:

[astro_south]

Nice one Jason. It has a HDR feel to it ... how was it lit?

[Insane Climber]

Lit just with the camera flash, I delayed it to reduce glare. the HDR look comes from useing layermasking to blend a sharpend image with the originagl. i also blend a highpass filter.

[bloodhound31]

Never seen one in such detail before. Fascinating! Good sharp focus.

Baz.