Bugs and spiders... 7

A variation of the mygalomorph I showed earlier. Less tunnel detail, more head detail


Nocturnal shot, using α700, Tamron 90/2.8, acromat diopter and two flashes on Manfrotto bracket...

..and one more from the weta front.

(Nocturnal shot)

Let's try a 100% crop of another weta photo

All processed in Silkypix...

Stef.

Juvenile Thomisid (Crab-Spider).
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This is a daylight shot, as this family are ambush predators. They don't have very good eye-sight. The chap was very small so I used a macro-rail to fine-tune the focus, an eye-piece magnifier so I could actually see what I was focusing on, and twin flashes on a macro-bracket. The Raynox 6x adapter was also used for additional magnification.

Indoor staged shot, hence the blue-card behind the subject . It's too windy for macro-work outside today.



Edited by chthoniid - 18 January 2009 at 03:06

Yes- for the very small creatures a macro rail really helps get a workable shot

Here's a couple from a bigger girl enjoying a paper-wasp. This was a simpler shot while we were being 'tourists'. So just one flash, no tripod/rails etc...

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Edited by chthoniid - 18 January 2009 at 08:05

That´s odd. I posted a B&W picture of some beetle here earlier and it showed up all right. But now it has vanished along with the rest of the post?

Edited by Heyckendorff - 18 January 2009 at 10:53