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as a biology student i meet a lot of animals and i always carry my camera around to take photos of what i encounter. this shot was taken with my canon powershot a620. i'm not sure if this qualifies as macro (1:1 ratio or more), but it's really closeup. anyway, took this photo on a white tile, and lightened it just a little bit in photoshop with the curves thing. it's one of my favourite animal shots

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Old 01-23-2008, 02:53 PM
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Waaah!! Spider!!
How could you bare to get close to it?!
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Old 01-23-2008, 02:55 PM
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its dead trust me, if that thing were alive i would not be in the same room with it! it's the size of my hand and you can just imagine how far it could travel in just a few seconds!
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just imagine how far it could travel in just a few seconds!
that just sent a major shiver down my spine!
Great shot! I love that you can see the little hairs on its legs... although... very creepy!
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Old 04-08-2008, 01:04 PM
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Ok this is really gross. But I guess once you get passed that; it's really a very interesting thing. The legs look like thorny twigs.

No, I was right the first time. This is still really gross
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Old 04-10-2008, 01:08 PM
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^ um, thanks? lol.
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Old 04-12-2008, 06:22 AM
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CallMeKat,

Even more interesting because of the title. Good choice to show face detail, at the risk of cutting off legs, which aren't as interesting.

Good luck in getting your Med School choice. Photos like this might help when giving injections to the wee ones, distracting them just long enough?
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Old 04-12-2008, 06:57 AM
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Awww, they're not that bad. For all their size and creepy looks, tarantulas are actually very docile. A lot like Daddy-longlegs, they rarely bite, and when they do it's not serious as their venom is very weak.
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^ really wanted all those little hairs to be visible. glad my camera was able to capture them and thanks for the kind wishes! applications start in september!!!
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i can't believe you got this from a pns camera that's really quite nice and i hate these lil suckers but i love taking photos of them and then swiftly killing them heh
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