Gravid Loxosceles rufescens

[shane shacaluga]

Not a spectacular picture but this is a species to watch out for with very nasty necrotic venom

Here is a gravid female with a short time to go before she lays her eggs

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2869/9088746940_d96a2661fd_b.jpg

Nikon D7000
70-300 VR with Raynox 250 @ 70mm
f20
1/125 SS
ISO 125
Hand Held with manual focus set to infinity

Homemade extender and diffusor mounted to inbuilt camera flash

some sharpening to the head, removal of a bright area on the abdomen and cloned out a hole in the ground bottom left

[Steve Maxson]

Wow - this little gal really blends into the background colors. Nice flash work, good comp, and good sharpness within your DOF! I see some repeating patterns from your clone work in the lower left (I probably wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't mentioned it :S3: ). You can easily fix that by cloning some different small bits over some of the repeated elements until the repetition is no longer evident. Overall, this is well done!