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Wētāpunga ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 02 September 2007 Country: New Zealand Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Posts: 6847 |
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![]() Trapdoor spider again... |
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α1, α7cii- Voigtländer 15/4.5, 110/2.5 M; Zeiss Loxia- 21/2.8, 35/2, 50/2 & 85/2.4, Zeiss Batis- 85/1.8 & 135/2.8; Sony 24-105/4 & 100-400/4.5-5.6; Sigma 70/2.8 M; Sony 135/2.8 STF
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dogears ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 05 September 2006 Country: Philippines Location: Philippines Status: Offline Posts: 9678 |
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^how big is that thing?
The boys found a spider on the ceiling last night and I soon realized that the poor thing is missing 2 legs on his right side. ![]() an almost 100% crop ![]() |
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Wētāpunga ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 02 September 2007 Country: New Zealand Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Posts: 6847 |
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Pretty big, the photo has only been cropped to a 5:4 ratio. YTou wouldn't want the girl chewing on your fingers...or leg.
Nice- alas the poor guy is an adventuring male, looking for love and prepared to risk it all. Even a few legs. It can be quite dangerous being a male spider. Even if you avoid predation in your search, you also need the female to be in a loving-yet-not-cannibalistic mood. Not easy for a group of animals that are exclusively carnivorous. It looks a bit like a Sparassid fwiw ![]() |
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dd001 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 16 August 2006 Country: France Location: Bordeaux Status: Offline Posts: 2140 |
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Nice start for this fresh thread!
Here are several pic of a spider found last week (almost decided to use it for July Fever, but decided otherwise) Not sure what it is... A700 + MinO 100/2.8 macro |
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brettania ![]() Admin Group ![]() Dyxum factotum Joined: 17 July 2005 Country: New Zealand Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 20649 |
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Great shots (AGAIN) -- with an unusual background. Looks like peppers.
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dd001 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 16 August 2006 Country: France Location: Bordeaux Status: Offline Posts: 2140 |
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Thanks Cameron, it is actually Campsis Grandiflora flowers and buds.
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mhohner ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 14 October 2006 Country: Germany Status: Offline Posts: 1724 |
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@dd001, this is a running crab spider of the genus Philodromus.
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Sony/Minolta F.A.Q., bodies, lenses, flashes.
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dd001 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 16 August 2006 Country: France Location: Bordeaux Status: Offline Posts: 2140 |
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Thanks Michael for the identification!
Here is a true bug (right?), crawling out of a gladiolus flower: A700 + MinO 100/2.8 macro |
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brettania ![]() Admin Group ![]() Dyxum factotum Joined: 17 July 2005 Country: New Zealand Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 20649 |
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As I said above.
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Dumont ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 17 February 2006 Country: United States Location: New Jersey, USA Status: Offline Posts: 1846 |
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A700 + Minolta 100/2.8 D + o/b flash 1/125s f/8.0 at 100.0mm iso250 ![]() |
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brettania ![]() Admin Group ![]() Dyxum factotum Joined: 17 July 2005 Country: New Zealand Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 20649 |
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Star Wars for bugs?
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tpetpe ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 30 December 2006 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Posts: 1472 |
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Dumont, that is a facinating shot. Is it a cicad or a leaf hoper bug? I have never seen one in blue before too. Is that perhaps because it will change colour when it dries/
David, i can always tell your shots, the lighting is always so good, great shots. |
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dd001 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 16 August 2006 Country: France Location: Bordeaux Status: Offline Posts: 2140 |
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Dumont: amazing shot and bug, do you have other pics of it?
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Dumont ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 17 February 2006 Country: United States Location: New Jersey, USA Status: Offline Posts: 1846 |
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Thanks guys. Yes, it's a Cicada. It was the first time I ever was able to see one coming out of it's "shell". Until now I would only see the empty ones or an occasional dead adult. In order to see them alive (unless you go to a place where they come out in the thousands) you would have to climb a tree.
Here are a few more. If I had more time I would have grabbed my ring flash as well as waited for it to come out fully and expand it's wings, but it was late and very hot. Plus it was upside down and once it was out it would have fallen down into the dark grass behind my fence. I cheated by rotating the pic's in post processing ;-) 1/125s f/8.0 at 100.0mm iso250 ![]() 1/125s f/8.0 at 100.0mm iso250 ![]() 1/125s f/8.0 at 100.0mm iso250 ![]() |
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