Lynx spider

[astro_south (Andrew)]

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 .

[Octane (Humayun)]

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 (Andrew)]

Superb shot !

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

[Matty P (Matt)]

Just stunning. Great shot Andrew.

[Sharnbrook (Mike)]

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

[astro_south (Andrew)]

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

Originally Posted by matt

Terrific shot, Andrew.

What camera/lens combo did you use?

Originally Posted by RB

Superb shot !

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

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.

Originally Posted by Sharnbrook

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

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 (Tony)]

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

Well done.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

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 (David)]

very niffy shot

a bit dark tho

[astro_south (Andrew)]

Thanks guys

Originally Posted by ving

very niffy shot

a bit dark tho

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.