Forty Pound Mutant Jumping Spider!

cgipson1 · May 27, 2013

Just kidding.... but I did get some Jumper shots today! Comments welcome!

The board above the spider is a standard cedar 1" x 8" (slightly warped fenced board) to give some idea of the size of this little cutie!

Same spider with a bit more close up and a crop...

Different jumper.. this one was almost 1/2" long... but didn't want to cooperate!

cgipson1 · May 27, 2013

Close up for all the spider lovers out there! lol!

frommrstomommy · May 27, 2013

yuck. lol very cool to see but i do NOT like bugs.

cgipson1 · May 27, 2013

frommrstomommy said:
yuck. lol very cool to see but i do NOT like bugs.

hahaha... that's ok! You don't have to like them... just appreciate what they do for you! These guys eat about a billion mosquitos and other pests every day!

runnah · May 28, 2013

I like the first one the best. less diffraction.

Nervine · May 28, 2013

She is a cutie

very nice work.

cgipson1 · May 28, 2013

runnah said:
I like the first one the best. less diffraction.

Yep.. that whole small aperture / maximum DOF thing! lol! Hard to get these guys to hold still long enough to stack... I may have to try and figure out how to get a 60 image stack of one of these guys... might be difficult though!

cgipson1 · May 28, 2013

Nervine said:
She is a cutie very nice work.

Thank you... I love those eyes! Like a teddy bear with fangs! lol!

greybeard · May 28, 2013

I like #2

sm4him · May 28, 2013

Awesome, Charlie--you know I do love your bug shots (and blame you for my own little bug habit...haha), but I gotta admit...I'm kinda glad this was NOT a 40-pound jumping spider. :biglaugh:

Even though it's the least "macro" of the bunch, I really love the first one, nice composition. Also--that spider kinda looks like it has eyebrows! :lmao:

cgipson1 · May 28, 2013

sm4him said:
Awesome, Charlie--you know I do love your bug shots (and blame you for my own little bug habit...haha), but I gotta admit...I'm kinda glad this was NOT a 40-pound jumping spider.

Even though it's the least "macro" of the bunch, I really love the first one, nice composition. Also--that spider kinda looks like it has eyebrows! :lmao:

Thanks Sharon! I like #1 the best also...

Photographiend · May 30, 2013

Awwwww...

He looks so cute and cuddly.

cgipson1 · May 30, 2013

Photographiend said:
Awwwww... He looks so cute and cuddly.

Thanks! It is amazing how such a voracious and deadly predator (thankfully, a very small one) can be perceived as cute due to those big, beautiful eyes, isn't it! lol!