Big Jumper

groan · Jun 4, 2012

I came across this guy and he must be 5x larger than any other jumping spider i've seen.
I'll try to ID it but for now just enjoy.

TheFantasticG · Jun 4, 2012

#1 is seriously awesome. I didn't even bother looking at the other two. Great shot, man... but now that I have looked at the other two, I love the body expression in #3!

sleist · Jun 4, 2012

I like the first one the best. The dark background and the reflection in the eyes is/are nice. The out of focus foreground in the bottom is crooked and bright and distracts too much in my opinion. I would think a tighter crop would help this shot considerably.

cgipson1 · Jun 4, 2012

Great shots! Good find!

I actually found one that was nearly 1" long... but after I went and got my camera, he was gone!

groan · Jun 4, 2012

TheFantasticG said:
#1 is seriously awesome. I didn't even bother looking at the other two. Great shot, man... but now that I have looked at the other two, I love the body expression in #3!

Thanks! I have 2 shots of him with that expression. I love it when they crook their head like that, as if to say "Whachoo talkin' bout?"

sleist said:
I like the first one the best. The dark background and the reflection in the eyes is/are nice. The out of focus foreground in the bottom is crooked and bright and distracts too much in my opinion. I would think a tighter crop would help this shot considerably.

Now that I look again I agree! I'll try an edit and darken the forground a bit. I don't want to crop it out completely, of course. I'm fond of the blackness though. I don't know if I want to crop it all out. I'm a fan of negative space, but not excessive amounts of it.

cgipson1 said:
Great shots! Good find!

I actually found one that was nearly 1" long... but after I went and got my camera, he was gone!

I was lucky. I was shooting on a patch of grass down by the lake at the cottage and on my way up this guy was waiting on the railing of the stairs. I was at-the-ready!