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Wolf Spider

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted October 12, 201570 views5 comments

When I first looked at the spider's face I thought that it had 2 eyes, a nose and a mouth but it turns out that the nose area is in fact a row of four smaller eyes. It also has 2 further eyes above the 2 big ones making a total of 8 eyes - good job they don't wear glasses! The white areas at the back of the spider shows that eggs are being carried in the egg sacs.

Canon 7D, Sigma 105mm, 1/50th sec at f9 and iso200

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5 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 12, 2015 at 4:33 PM

Good look at this impressive spider.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 12, 2015 at 6:25 PM

Excellent view, Graham, with sharpness where it's most needed and a fine setting. The head on pose creates a fine sense of "I'm watching you, too" on the part of the spider.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on October 12, 2015 at 7:15 PM

Nicely captured, Graham. I like the head-on view, and the spider stands out nicely from the bg. I think I would have preferred a bit more dof, which seems like was possible given the techs, but as Mark said, it's certainly sharp where needed.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 14, 2015 at 11:42 AM

Hi Graham crying

I like how you composed the spider. showing all the eyes. and the aggressive pose. cool

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on October 18, 2015 at 5:38 PM

A very interesting macro showing a nice spider that I have never seen before. Excellent photo for me.

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