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Eye Contact

by Rosemarie Arbur

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted April 10, 2009600 views13 comments
A nursery-web spider, I think.

D300, Tamron 90 with Raynox +4.8D, F18, 1/250, iso 200, diffused flash (manual exposure), handheld.

Thanks for looking and for commenting.

Comments

13 comments
Comment posted by Mike Moats on April 10, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Hey Rosemarie, very cool shot, like the amount of DOF and like the angled position of the body. Well done. :toast:

To all macro shooters, we're doing better with comments on images, but think we can do more, Please all help out if you have the time. Thanks :smile
Registered on October 20, 2004, 892 Posts, 6324 Comments
Comment posted by Doug Benner on April 10, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Good dof separation of main subject from bg. I wonder if darkening the bg a little might make this guy (girl?) even more impressive. Good job overall.
Registered on December 8, 2003, 482 Posts, 1868 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on April 10, 2009 at 10:48 PM
How did you get eye to eye contact Rosemarie :biggrin: Great texture and colors. and COMP.
love the Spiders Expression.
Albert Darmo Canada
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
Comment posted by Johan Geyser on April 11, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Registered on February 8, 2008, 30 Posts, 71 Comments
Comment posted by Johan Geyser on April 11, 2009 at 10:53 AM
I like this photo very much - like the eyes
Love spiders :biggrin:
Registered on February 8, 2008, 30 Posts, 71 Comments
Comment posted by Barbara Logan on April 14, 2009 at 2:10 AM
Just plain creepy!!! Great shot! (SMILE)
Registered on October 26, 2007, 38 Posts, 117 Comments
Comment posted by Karon Welter on April 14, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Very nice shot! The details are great. Really nice image of this creepy-looking spider! :smile:
Registered on November 10, 2008, 67 Posts, 543 Comments
Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on April 14, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Ugh, creepy.... But a fantastic macro capture. Congrats, Rosemarie!
Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments
Comment posted by Pat Sampson on April 14, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Congrats on this one Rosemarie. Great capture.

Pat
Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments
Comment posted by Greg Hitchcock on April 17, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Nice shot, it suits the square crop well, so good choice. Shame the focus point doesn't appear to be on the eyes.

It's a member of the Philodromidae rather than a nursery web spider, if that infos helpful at all.
Registered on November 14, 2003, 2 Posts, 12 Comments
Comment posted by mark cillo on April 19, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Wow! Those eyes are scary!
Registered on July 27, 2008, 143 Posts, 1483 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 25, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Excellent details and I like the view of those eyes Rosemarie.
Well seen from the BG, a great closeup :toast:
PS - The crab spider prey in my post wasn't a jumper BTW, but a juvenile wolf or some sort :)
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on July 28, 2009 at 2:32 AM
Great shot, Rosemarie. Creepy but good shooting. Uh, with which of the spider's eyes did you make contact?
Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments