Spider Close-up

[Marc Kurth]

Shot this image of a common spider on its web with a D70 and a basic Sigma 24-135mm zoom at 135mm f.4.5 and two remote flash heads.

 

[Overread]

Wow! Nice spider!
Really liking the angle on this shot - especailly with the repaired webbing showing!
Focus likes like it was a little far back,but the eyes are still in focus and its showing hte details and colours of the main body realle well. Lighting also looks good and soft as well.

 

[TwoRails]

Nice shot. I like it; nothing to add to the above.

 

[Varga]

WOW amazing

 

[Hobbes]

OMG! That is one scary looking spider :O and it's a common spider too?

 

[Al-Wazeer]

nice shot!!

 

[Dagwood56]

Great shot!

 

[AbelR74]

Excellent closeup! Great work!

 

[Atlas77]

wow! great work!

 

[Marc Kurth]

I certainly want to thank you all for the supportive comments - I do appreciate it.

I haven't owned a macro lens for about 20 years, but I used to love true 1:1 work. For financial reasons, I sold off all of my "good stuff" which has caused me to take on a challenge of seeing what I can get using cheap glass and my last remaining backup D200. It's actually forced me to slow down and think about each shot which is what I did with film.

For this shot, I used (2) old Vivitar El Cheapo's (not the 285's) and a beater Sigma zoom that everyone says is garbage. This was hand held because I don't have a tripod.

Could I do better with my old 200mm Micro? Sure, but that is not the point.

 

[deggimatt]

omg wow nice

 

[Marc Kurth]

I sincerely thank you all for the nice comments, but I really posted it to encourage folks to try and get the best images they can with the equipment they have.

I shot for a living years ago and spent more money on equipment than I want to admit. This one came from a lowly D70, a cheap ($200) Sigma zoom and some old manual flashes. Sure, with a bunch of expensive equipment we could all do better, but when I look back through my old files I'm finding that my best were sometimes taken with the least.....

Your mileage may vary and perhaps the best equipment is what you need- but I'm not on that treadmill so I'm just having fun now.

 

[mylo]

Lovely shot! Looking at those long segmented legs really give me the creeps!

 

[Marc Kurth]

Lovely shot! Looking at those long segmented legs really give me the creeps!

That's actually the most common comment that I got when the print was hanging large: "Ewwww - that's creepy!"

Thanks,

Marc