New Spider Capture by Thomas Shahan
May 14, 2013 01:06:50 #
Per Thomas Shahan: "Im back! Just returned from a week with the Elias Lab out south of Tucson, AZ while they carried out their field research involving Habronattus jumping spiders. It was great to spend some time in such beautiful country with the company of fellow spider-fans that never seemed to tire of my endless questions and ramblings about salticids. The amount of beautiful and varied species we found was just overwhelming too and I ended up taking quite a lot of shots so expect to see more wild Arizona salticids around here soon!
This little Habronattus virgulatus male, after much coaxing, eventually allowed a few portraits to be taken of his beautifully colored face - despite his odd behavior of turning about 45 degrees every time I pointed the camera in his face. I suspect he was threatened a bit by my massive new 8-in x10-in flash diffuser Ive started using lately. The image is a pretty significant crop from a focus stack of 2 images (would have loved to have gotten a 3rd for the foremost legs but he began to groom himself shortly after the above images) taken with an old SMC Pentax 50mm reversed on two sets of extension tubes."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/opoterser/8688094222
This little Habronattus virgulatus male, after much coaxing, eventually allowed a few portraits to be taken of his beautifully colored face - despite his odd behavior of turning about 45 degrees every time I pointed the camera in his face. I suspect he was threatened a bit by my massive new 8-in x10-in flash diffuser Ive started using lately. The image is a pretty significant crop from a focus stack of 2 images (would have loved to have gotten a 3rd for the foremost legs but he began to groom himself shortly after the above images) taken with an old SMC Pentax 50mm reversed on two sets of extension tubes."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/opoterser/8688094222
Male Habronattus virgulatus Jumping Spider - Arizona
Shahan's new 8-in x 10-in diffuser
May 14, 2013 08:35:36 #
That is one handsome guy. Lucky you to get to hang out with the spider geeks.
May 14, 2013 10:50:21 #
Ah.... Now I know where the bar is.... and not the one with those kind of shots. Most of my shots are at home.
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May 14, 2013 14:49:16 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
groaning at most honorable pun...............;-)Ah.... Now I know where the bar is.... and not the one with those kind of shots. Most of my shots are at home.
May 15, 2013 08:20:20 #
May 15, 2013 12:01:47 #
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