Warning, Spiders with attitude

[Chewys Dad]

I went back for more Spider shots yesterday afternoon; I took my Sigma 105mm f/2.8 and the canon MT-24 Macro twin flash and I really like the results. I hope you do as well.

Look at the Paws on this guy, I've never seen anything like him before.

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larger size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/...2fc178e0_b.jpg

Heres a little closer crop.

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I'm still learning with the MT-24, I had to really reduce the Apeture. f25 to F29 in some cases. I like this guy alot, with the reflections on the web. I call him Handsome!

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And the last one is a Happy accident; This one was deep in his web, I didn't think it would turn out at all; but when I hit Auto Adjust in Photoshop, this was the result and I like the colors.

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Thanks for Looking
Chewys Dad.

[kurtwall]

Shudder! I watched too many B movies from the 1950s about spiders eating people, so I would never have gotten this close to a spider. Bees? No problem. Roaches? Sure. Ants? Bring 'em on. Spiders? Absolutely not.

[RustySterling]

Wow! That's one scarey fellow. I'd hate to meet him a dark alley some night. Great captures.

[Chewys Dad]

Originally Posted by kurtwall

Shudder! I watched too many B movies from the 1950s about spiders eating people, so I would never have gotten this close to a spider. Bees? No problem. Roaches? Sure. Ants? Bring 'em on. Spiders? Absolutely not.

Well that's why I got close for you!! So you could see these amazing creatures at a safe distance. Welcome to DPS by the way.

Originally Posted by RustySterling

Wow! That's one scarey fellow. I'd hate to meet him a dark alley some night. Great captures.

Thanks Rusty! If you did meet him, you'd probably step on him by accident anyway!

[LauraRJC]

Gave me the shudders looking at them, but was fascinated with the closeups you got.

Love the colors, especially in the last one!

Thanks for sharing!

Laura

[AnnaV]

WOW! Great shots. But I'm glad we don't have those here, even though they look fab in a photograph

[pjflan7]

excellent captures with great details but somewhat revolting to loook at for any length of time!

[Vinam]

not a big fan of spiders, but you really got some beautiful captures.. love the blue in the last,, all of them are cool and although I wanted to look away, I didn't

Vin

[Chewys Dad]

Originally Posted by LauraRJC

Gave me the shudders looking at them, but was fascinated with the closeups you got.

Love the colors, especially in the last one!

Thanks for sharing!

Laura

Thanks Laura for the comments!

Originally Posted by AnnaV

WOW! Great shots. But I'm glad we don't have those here, even though they look fab in a photograph

Thanks AnnaV; They are everywhere in the bushes here now.

Originally Posted by pjflan7

excellent captures with great details but somewhat revolting to loook at for any length of time!

Thanks pjflan; they are Just Itsy Bitsy spiders. how can you saw they are revolting!!! L.o.l

Originally Posted by Vinam

not a big fan of spiders, but you really got some beautiful captures.. love the blue in the last,, all of them are cool and although I wanted to look away, I didn't

Vin

Thanks Vinam; I appreciate it. I really think that they are facinating, but frankly they scare me as well.
Thanks for looking
Chewys Dad.

[jiminyClickit]

Chewys Dad,

These guys build great traps! Even the littlest spiders I see, have those club-fisted things on each side of the mouth - like a toddler with two spoons. These are full of detail - while I don't much care for being walked on by them, spiders can be fascinating to watch and photograph. Stay inspired and unbitten.