Spider waiting...

[Bilbo_baggin]

This litle spider was maybe waiting for something - not food, he's a web spinner, so laying in the moss and soil seems out of the ordinary. If you look closely, you can see his eyes...

He's looking at something...


Didn't dare move the obstructing mossy bit over his head, or he'd have scarpered, so had to leave it in unfortunately.







Paul.

[blaggard]

Usual fantastic quality pic

[DB]

How the fook do you get that close?

Do you use a remote once focussed?

Great shot btw

[Bilbo_baggin]

How the fook do you get that close?

Do you use a remote once focussed?

Great shot btw

Remote yes. The RC1 infra red. £18 RRP.


Paul.

[Mr Olympia]

Another nice shot m8.

[evilsatan]

Another creepy shot to target my arachnophobia. Great stuff as always mate.

[willp2003]

He's looking at something...

Paul.

he's thinking WTF does this guy want

nice pic, i wouldn't want to get anywhere near it

[elephantsoup]

Great shot mate. Any tips on taking good macro shots without a ring flash?

[Bilbo_baggin]

Great shot mate. Any tips on taking good macro shots without a ring flash?

I use a standard flash with a diffuser and also dial in -1 stop exposuree on the flash (when I use flash that is).


Paul.

[blaggard]

Great shot mate. Any tips on taking good macro shots without a ring flash?

How does that work? you flash your ring to distract the spider?

[elephantsoup]

How does that work? you flash your ring to distract the spider?

Works everytime

[Bilbo_baggin]

LOL

[B B Leo]

bit to close for comfort for me m8 hate the dam things cool shot though

[the.insane]

hell ova shot mate, how did you spot this bugger, coz it would have been partially camouflaged with the moss

[dpSparhawk]

Bilbo, how close do you actually need to be with the 105? I understand with a dedicated Macro lens, it allows for the photographer to be a little further away from the subject.

What are you average shooting distances, ie the physical distance you are from the subject?

[Bilbo_baggin]

Bilbo, how close do you actually need to be with the 105? I understand with a dedicated Macro lens, it allows for the photographer to be a little further away from the subject.

What are you average shooting distances, ie the physical distance you are from the subject?

The images below are with the 105 Ian.


The toy dog is 4cm long from tip of nose to back end.

To fill the frame the edge of the lens was 31cm away from the subject, and the nearest I was able to get was 12.5cm.

To get nearer, I use extension tube combinations and sometimes a large crop to isolate when I can't get near enough to fill the frame.


No crop used.









Hope that helps.


Paul.

[ThePigDog]

amazing simply amazing

[dpSparhawk]

Thanks mate .

Appreciate the advice.

[peterc4]

spot on as usual paul, i have seen some amazing macros of ants, do you fancy a go

[Bilbo_baggin]

spot on as usual paul, i have seen some amazing macros of ants, do you fancy a go

When I find another one, I'll see what I can do.




Paul.