Macro Spider

[Insane Climber (Jason)]

Hi all
Just noticed a few people have been showing some of there macro pics. So though i might share some of mine, Hope you enjoy.

This is a common garden spider photographed at night.

[sheeny (Al)]

Well done, Jason! Beautiful contrast against the black background.

Al.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Fantastic detail and a great background!!!. Well done

[astroron (Ron)]

Very neat, well done.

[Quark (Trevor)]

Top shot there Jason.
So much detail.
What camera, lens did you use?

Regards
Trevor

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Nice shot Jason.

Cheers,
Stephen

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Nicely done!
I think it might be a Crab Spider.

[ving (David)]

Ekk!!! thats huge!

[Ric]

Very nicely done Jason.

[Insane Climber (Jason)]

Thanks for the comments everyone, that photo was taken with the standard Olympus kit lens 15-55, at a distance of about 150mm. I had to make a DIY diffuser to get the flash to bring out the details. i think the one that worked best was brown beer bottle glass.