Spider on Standby

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Araneidae Sp. University of Puerto Rico's Botanical Gardens. Under a tree leaf. Canon 30D, Canon MP-65, macro flash on manual, ISO 100, f/16 @ 1/250 sec.

[Stephen Stephen]

That's one strange looking spider. I would have liked to see a bit more DOF as part of the body seems out of focus. How big was this spider?

[Mike Moats]

Hey adcolon, very interesting pose, and agree the body looks like it could use a little more DOF. Bracket your f/stop as you would your exposure and when you get home decide which works the best, more or less DOF. Always remember "pixels are free". Thanks for posting.

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The spider is 1/4 inch in size and the lens only goes to f/16 so can't get more DOF that way. That is why I go for a flat photo...to get the most DOF I can. It is about 2.5X magnification.

[John Cooper]

a very interesting image Adcolon - you did well under the circumstances with this tiny spider!!

[Sharna Lee]

Creepy spider. LOL

It's that season I suppose. Thank you for sharing this right before bed. ;) :p

Sharna

[Robert O'Toole]

AD,

Good work on the high magnification, it makes the spider look huge, great detail and texture. Sometimes just finding the subject with the MPE65 is a acomplishment.

Agreed on the DOF points mentioned.

Robert