Shooting Spiders!

[pawi30]

what kind of spiders are those?

this is the only spider pic i have, and its eating a fly.



just a 6mp canon... ftl :(

[mattdk318i]

Fuck this thread. Fuck it right in the asshole.

lol.....

[daniel]

You could also try focus-staking, that works well when you have a very narrow DOF.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_stacking

yeah... i don't have the patience for that.

[CorvallisBMW]

OH, I want to play...I have some similar ones, I'll post them tomorrow...funny, I thought the 1st one WAS my photo...

Suggestion, crank the aperture down, get better DOF. I usually shoot macros around f/22.

You could also try focus-staking, that works well when you have a very narrow DOF.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_stacking

[Nonspec325]

fuck this thread. Fuck it right in the asshole.

+1

[Jand3rson]

Fuck this thread. Fuck it right in the asshole.

[daniel]

awesome shots - any post processing?

nope

Wow this is so cool, post up some more haha.

i took like 300 photos and these were the only ones that came out well. there are a few others but they are very similar to these. it is extremely difficult to get things into focus when the spider is crawling around and you are holding the camera with your hands. the depth of field is like 2-3mm, if that.

here are a few staples still stuck together along with a ruler. each notch is one mm.



this cut is about the size of a pencil eraser, if not smaller.

[Gooch]

Wow this is so cool, post up some more haha.

[1mz]

awesome shots - any post processing?

[daniel]

OH, I want to play...I have some similar ones, I'll post them tomorrow...funny, I thought the 1st one WAS my photo...

Suggestion, crank the aperture down, get better DOF. I usually shoot macros around f/22.

there is little cranking to be done, here. the lens i was using does not have an aperture ring, which means changing the aperture is done by sticking something in between the spring loaded aperture adjuster thing, in this case a few staples.

also, these spiders are alive, so its not like you can just set up a tripod and make all the adjustments at your leisure and use a long exposure. basically, you hopes they sit still, then you move the lens to about an inch away from them and shoot as many shots as you can, moving millimeter by millimeter forward or backward in hopes to get that sliver of focus over their eyes.

all in all it was a ton of fun. i felt like a hacker photog. i'd like to shoot some non-alive objects with a tripod sometime.

[lylefk]

Here's one I have on this PC for some reason:

[lylefk]

OH, I want to play...I have some similar ones, I'll post them tomorrow...funny, I thought the 1st one WAS my photo...

Suggestion, crank the aperture down, get better DOF. I usually shoot macros around f/22.

[Desaevious]

Those are cool spiders as long as they don't jump at me. I've had those on my dashboard before and we'd do a stare down until they jump away far enough for me to get a tissue and get them the hell out of the car.

[MG325i]

these pics give me the creeps, but nice shots!

[namsayin]

gives me goose bumps i hate spiders!

but awesome shots!

that lens is the shit!