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The Hunt

by Thomas Haney

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted April 8, 2013180 views4 comments
I spent a few weeks in the Tambopata Wildlife Preserve in southern Peru a couple years ago, and got this shot of a fly buzzing much too close to a white Crab Spider deep in the rainforest. I assume it thought the spider was an ornate white flower.

Canon 5d Mark ii, 100mm Macro Lens, 1/60 sec at f/2.8, ISO 800, handheld

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on April 8, 2013 at 8:18 PM
Great action and a very pretty action hero!
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Comment posted by scott lanz on April 8, 2013 at 10:16 PM
Interesting shot of the rainforest action on the small scale, Thomas. Pretty difficult to get this kind of action sharp in what I assume is dim light, but there is clearly enough detail in the fly to see what is happening. I like the nice clean bg - let's the viewer see clearly the danger lurking for the poor fly.
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 11, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Neat catch, especially with the fly included. I like the action and the oof flow of the leaf off to the right to give a sense of space. It looks like the yellows at the spider's back end are overexposed.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on April 14, 2013 at 2:51 PM
What a unique moment you caught here! The white balance seems a tad off & I agree with Mark that there are some blown highlights...perhaps they can be recovered though.
Registered on December 13, 2011, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments