shane shacaluga
03-28-2014, 10:50 AM
HI all
I have been away for a few months due to lots of travelling for work purposes. I am now back for some time so hope to contribute a bit more. Now that spring is here I have been looking for spiders that are out with the warm weather. Under a rock I came across what i initially thought was a newly hatched mantis nymph. As soon as I checked the first shot on the LCD screen i realised it was a Reduviidae nymph which I had never come across at this stage before. It did not stop moving so took about 20 shots before getting one where the eye and proboscis can be seen. Unfortunately the fine hairs reflected the flash no matter how much i tried to diffuse it
Nikon D800e
NIkkor 70-300 @ 110mm
f32
1/250
Raynox DCR 250 macro attachment
Using diffused NIkon SB200 external flash
Comments and critiques most welcome
I have been away for a few months due to lots of travelling for work purposes. I am now back for some time so hope to contribute a bit more. Now that spring is here I have been looking for spiders that are out with the warm weather. Under a rock I came across what i initially thought was a newly hatched mantis nymph. As soon as I checked the first shot on the LCD screen i realised it was a Reduviidae nymph which I had never come across at this stage before. It did not stop moving so took about 20 shots before getting one where the eye and proboscis can be seen. Unfortunately the fine hairs reflected the flash no matter how much i tried to diffuse it
Nikon D800e
NIkkor 70-300 @ 110mm
f32
1/250
Raynox DCR 250 macro attachment
Using diffused NIkon SB200 external flash
Comments and critiques most welcome