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Guard Duty

by Wayne Jones

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted June 16, 20081,339 views12 comments
Crab spider guarding her silken sack of eggs

Canon 20D
Sigma 150 macro
1/2 sec. @ f/22 ; ISO 800; diffused flash
Tripod, MLU, release cord

Comments

12 comments
Comment posted by Angela Classen on June 16, 2008 at 10:00 PM
I about jumped out of my chair when this photo popped up on my screen! YIKES!!! That is one scary looking spider. The details you captured in her hairy little legs is quite amazing. Nice comp and DOF, too. Personally, when that egg sac starts to pop, I'd be getting the heck out of there :biggrin: (You can probably tell, I'm not a big fan of spiders!)
Registered on June 13, 2007, 434 Posts, 2742 Comments
Comment posted by Robert Ganz on June 16, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Beautiful behavioral shot Wayne!

Lots of detail on the spider, and the egg sac shows through clearly.

Nicely done.

Cheers,
Registered on November 1, 2003, 339 Posts, 759 Comments
Comment posted by Garren Poirier on June 16, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Unreal image!!!

Ive just started to get into macro and Im amazed about you using f22...Im having trouble with aperture and getting the whole subject in focus!!

Very well done
Garren
Registered on May 26, 2008, 19 Posts, 64 Comments
Comment posted by Carol Hyman on June 17, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Hi Wayne,

First, how's retirement?

Second, cool image with great detail.

This little guy has grabbed my attention and I'm glad he's in yur backyard, not mine. :jump:

Carol
Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments
Comment posted by Charles R Kerr on June 18, 2008 at 8:05 AM
Love Her Wayne, what great shot Magnificent in all respects. We have some interesting spiders over this side of the Pacific to will share some with you a little later, I got some good ones earlier this autumn or fall as you people call it.

Charles R Kerr
Registered on April 24, 2008, 25 Posts, 52 Comments
Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on June 18, 2008 at 5:29 PM
Terrific capture, Wayne! I wouldn't dare to get close, she is looking really agressive. :biggrin: :toast:
Registered on March 16, 2006, 419 Posts, 2076 Comments
Comment posted by David Cobb on June 23, 2008 at 9:10 PM
You sure know how to make an ugly beast look beautiful Wayne - I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Congrats on the EP!

David M. Cobb
Registered on December 14, 2007, 312 Posts, 3243 Comments
Comment posted by Larry Lynch on June 23, 2008 at 9:38 PM
Congrats on your EP Wayne. Well deserved.
Registered on September 16, 2006, 773 Posts, 9940 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 24, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Wayne: What a find and an equally good capture. Congrats on the EP. >=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
Comment posted by Pete D on June 24, 2008 at 6:23 PM
Hi Wayne - I see this is an Editor's Pick. Congratulations! This is truly macro at it's finest. I like the triangle formed by her loving arms.....

Pete D.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 590 Posts, 1794 Comments
Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on June 25, 2008 at 1:01 AM
Congrats on the EP. The details are fantastic and the framing is perfect.

:toast:
Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments
Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on June 26, 2008 at 12:43 AM
Cool spider, Wayne :cool: I like it :toast: :toast:
Registered on October 18, 2006, 644 Posts, 4801 Comments