The face of an Orb Weaver

[Insane Climber (Jason)]

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

Cheers

[Starkler (Geoff)]

scary looking beastie

[gary]

Fabulous shot and interesting to study too!

Best Regards

Gary

[lacad01 (Adam)]

That's one hairy looking sucker

[mental4astro (Alexander)]

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 (Jason)]

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

[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 (Molly)]

That's incredible!

[astro_south (Andrew)]

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

[Insane Climber (Jason)]

Originally Posted by astro_south

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

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.