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Surprise spider
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Surprise spider

by John Tobias

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 28, 201496 views2 comments
I was working a group of flowers taking bee and butterfly photos when I spotted something shiny in one of the plants. Found this very small spider down in the leaves. Took a bit of doing to get close, but it did stay around letting me get a few photos.

Canon T3i
1/500 @ F-3.5 ISO 400
Canon 100mm 2.8 macro USM
monopod

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 28, 2014 at 7:20 PM
Looks like it may have been cropped a bit too much John?
Good detail at the head/face, palps, and legs:wavey:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on September 29, 2014 at 12:54 AM
Nice job getting close to this jumping spider, John. They usually live up to their name when you get close to one. I like the bg colors as well. Nice work. The image is just a bit grainy.
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments