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Shamrock Spider

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 21, 2008732 views15 comments

A rare convergence (in the Portland OR metro region) occurred yesterday: it was cloudy, it was still and it happened on a weekend

That allowed for prolonged fun in the meadows and I happened across numerous spiders, this girl being one of them. With an abdomen the size of a grape I had to sacrifice DOF somewhere, here the legs tips are a bit OOF.

180/3.5 with tube @ f/22, 2.5 sec., speedlight (EV -2) and softbox, reflector, MLU. A slight crop off the right for composition.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Alessandra & Rocco on September 21, 2008 at 2:21 PM

Excellent shot! So impressive, nice: colors, compo and lights William

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on September 21, 2008 at 3:22 PM

Lovely image. Enough DOF to keep most of the spider in focus. Very well done

Registered on January 4, 2008, 98 Posts, 1403 Comments

Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on September 21, 2008 at 9:11 PM

Great shot Will. Good job on the setup of the lighting. DOF if fine with all the important parts in focus.

Ronnie G.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments

Comment posted by Amy Hopp on September 21, 2008 at 9:23 PM

Wow, William - what a beauty! As much as I detest spiders, this composition is fabulous...

Registered on October 18, 2007, 234 Posts, 655 Comments

Comment posted by Ganesh H Shankar on September 22, 2008 at 10:23 AM

Beautiful image William ! DOF doesnot seem to be an issue here. I would have loved a little more space all around however

Registered on March 1, 2004, 324 Posts, 1867 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on September 29, 2008 at 12:27 PM

This is fantastic Will. Incredible detail and sharpness. Well deserving of the EP.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on September 29, 2008 at 1:46 PM

And incredible composition, Will, with wonderful detail Congratulations on the EP

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by William Brozy on September 29, 2008 at 5:21 PM

Thanks kids! I appreciate the views and the kind words...

Registered on November 9, 2003, 559 Posts, 2929 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Minish on September 30, 2008 at 2:27 AM

I'm afraid she's a little ugly for my tastes but the photo is great! Love the crisp detail. Congratulations on the shot and on your EP. Well deserved

Registered on February 4, 2006, 625 Posts, 3583 Comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on September 30, 2008 at 7:23 AM

Congraulations Will on the EP. Really got to zoom in on this and get the detail a macro lens can achieve. Well done!

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Bertl Menegoni on September 30, 2008 at 1:50 PM

Very professional macro work William,
I love the colors,

Bertl

Registered on November 19, 2007, 24 Posts, 265 Comments

Comment posted by Todd West on October 1, 2008 at 3:04 PM

William,
This is beautiful. We forgive you for the OOF leg!!! I'm so spellbound by the rest of the image that I hardly noticed.