Not my catch of the day, but the spider's! I discovered this little jumping spider on a fence post with a large green grasshopper. Regrets: I wasn't able to hold focus throughout the fencepost background.
Recipe: Take 1 Canon 1d Mk II N with a 100-400mm Canon lens and 48mm extension tube. Add an exposure of f/8.0 at 1/800 sec. and then a dash of fill from a 580ex flash at -2/3. Do not agitate the subject!!
.... shaken not stirred Excellent catch I like how well the spider looks Seems to have all under control Wish they were in a level surface the oof right is a bit distracting might crop some from the right I like this a lot !!!
Excellent! Great moment, comp and positioning of the subjects. I agree with Alfred too bad about the OOF areas looks like it was a pole. Too bad there is no field curvature DOF tool in Photoshop.
I love jumpers, they are amazing spiders! Super agressive, seemingly curious, and fearless. I have seen small jumpers attack and eat Lynx spiders much bigger than them.
Hey Jim, very cool find and excellent details on the main subjects, and agree it would have been nice with more sharpness on the fence. A crop right at the edge of the shadows leg elbow will eliminate most of the OOF area.
Again, I appreciate the great comments. I tried a crop by cutting out part of the shadow of the grasshopper, which I was relunctant to do, but I think it actually works well that way and helps to disguise the fact that the rounded post on that side is slightly out of focus.
Catch of the day
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