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Habronattus sp.

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted April 18, 20061,620 views12 comments

I call this one "Tulip Jumper" :)
Given the bright metallic red/pink of the abdomen I am thinking this is H. decorus but haven't done a good search.

This one was found outside near where my tulips are coming up, and jumped right up onto a yellow flower. Had a good session with this little fella even though he was very very camera shy.

Thank goodness for the 180mm in this respect....I was a good 12 inches away and still got great magnification.

Cropped a bit all around for compositional purposes.

Canon 30D, Sigma 180mm macro, MT24-EX flash.

Cheers!

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Skip Layman on April 18, 2006 at 9:19 AM

I love everything about this except the dark shadow on the right. I find it a distraction. Will this hold up to a tighter crop?

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Comment posted by Robert Ganz on April 18, 2006 at 9:22 AM

Thanks Skip! I was so torn about the dark shadow on the right....easy enough to clone in some yellow, but I hesitate doing that. Yes, there are enough pixels to crop tighter...but then I lose the sweep of the petal that I like so much.
In the end I opted to leave the dark spot even though it makes my eyes jump to the right all the time!

Maybe I will try some cloning, and post this in Photoart.

Thanks for commenting...I really do appreciate it.

Cheers,

Registered on November 1, 2003, 339 Posts, 759 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Ganz on April 18, 2006 at 9:41 AM

I think that a simple flip makes the darkness work for me and does not involve any monkeying around.

I would appreciate your thoughts!

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Comment posted by William Brozy on April 18, 2006 at 10:22 AM

I prefer the previous orientation Robert.

The black works for me – this vista has a strange otherworld quality to it and the black accentuates that feeling. The reason why it works is because the JS is looking in that direction, as if preparing itself for an unknown journey into the unseen. Ok, so this thought process is completely anthropomorphic – but that’s what this image elicits at this end.

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

Comment posted by Robert Ganz on April 18, 2006 at 10:33 AM

I appreciate the comment Will.

I am leaning toward the second shot simply because I start looking at the shot from left to right...and the arrow of the darkness and the curve of the petal all lead me to the spider. Still not 100% sure though...and overall I prefer to present things exactly as they were when I took the shot.

These little spiders lend themselves to anthropomorphism...the dominant two eyes make us think of faces and I think that is a huge part of their overall attraction. I love these guys!

Cheers,

Registered on November 1, 2003, 339 Posts, 759 Comments

Comment posted by Graham Bailey on April 18, 2006 at 5:52 PM

Very nice

one of the best jumping spider shots i've seen. I too find the dark area less distracting in the flipped version (although this could also be because its set against white rather than black in the repost?)

Registered on July 23, 2005, 24 Posts, 133 Comments

Comment posted by Thomas Hornum Jens on April 18, 2006 at 6:34 PM

I love this picture! The dark area gives the image e certain dept that i like!
I would be nice if all the surroundings where yellow, but i like it very much as it is.

Registered on March 22, 2006, 13 Posts, 70 Comments

Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on April 19, 2006 at 3:51 AM

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Comment posted by CHRIS DAVIES on April 19, 2006 at 3:11 PM

Superb shot. Love the contrast in colours.

Chris.

Registered on March 12, 2006, 0 Posts, 5 Comments

Comment posted by Michelle C. Parent on April 24, 2006 at 8:23 AM

Robert,
I love this! The black area doesn't bother me. He is a cute one! Congrats on the EP!