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Jumping Spider

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted May 13, 20184,008 views4 comments

Happy Mother's Day! This is a face only a mother could love! It isn't as colorful as Balan's jumping spider. That was way too cool. I was able to capture this one in my flower garden yesterday. Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 100 mm L macro lens, KX-800 twin flash with homemade diffuser, handheld at f13, 1/180, ISO 320. Edited in Lightroom and NIK. Cropped at 62% of original. Comments and suggestions welcome.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on May 14, 2018 at 2:14 AM

Shirley, well color is only one aspect of an image. Your image is very striking, especially, the blacks exposed very well, and the colorful fangs ..the overall composition is very beautiful too, in terms of the curl of the leaf.

Could this be male Phidippus audax

Balan Vinod

Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 14, 2018 at 10:29 AM

How cool, Shirley, I guess it's jumping spider week. sad

Love the way the green jaws (chelicerae) stand out and the tufts of white hair. The vignette and the leaf curl at the bottom does a good job of adding to the sense that it's peering at you. There's a good description of these spiders on this Penn State web site, that suggest this one may be a female (lacking "eye brows").

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on May 14, 2018 at 3:52 PM

Wonderful shot, I like the details and the Bg a lot.
Congrats
D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments

Comment posted by Norma Tareila Matl on May 26, 2018 at 6:32 PM

Shirley this is a great close-up of a jumping spider. Love the curled leaf and those complimentary green fangs. Congrats on your weekly pick too.

Registered on October 27, 2016, 229 Posts, 393 Comments