daddy longlegs

[ving (David)]

hows this for an imaging train...

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

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

[iceman (Mike)]

Wow that is awesome!

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

[ving (David)]

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

[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 (David)]

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 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by 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

and I hope you scrunched it with the manual

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by ving

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

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

Great capture vingo!

[Craig.a.c (Craig)]

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 (David)]

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

[ving (David)]

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