Female house spider portrait
Apr 25, 2015 13:45:30 #
My outhouse building (which is the store for garden tools, not a toilet/WC) is the home to a couple of decent sized spiders - Tegenaria gigantea, females. Here is an image of the latest one to live there, one I rescued from my workplace, where it would possibly have succumbed to be squashed by the equipment there...
Seen close, their fangs are incredible. Taken on the Venus lens, very, very close to her...
Seen close, their fangs are incredible. Taken on the Venus lens, very, very close to her...
Apr 25, 2015 14:11:08 #
Damn! Nice smile! Hope she is friendly.
What was your Working Distance (lens front element to subject)?
What was your Working Distance (lens front element to subject)?
Apr 25, 2015 14:21:00 #
About 3 inches away maximum Douglass - I would have had an extension tube on, and perhaps my 1.4x teleconverter.
She was quite friendly to start off with but as the minutes went by my intrusion was less and less tolerated, so I left her to her own devices. Paul
She was quite friendly to start off with but as the minutes went by my intrusion was less and less tolerated, so I left her to her own devices. Paul
Apr 25, 2015 14:58:01 #
Apr 25, 2015 16:06:02 #
Apr 25, 2015 16:33:44 #
Nice image. And welcome to the forum. I noticed you have the Venus. What do you think of it?
Apr 25, 2015 16:46:36 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
Thank you. Yes - I have the lens and while it is brilliant for IQ, it is hard to use because at 2:1, I am so close to the subject, light is so low that a speedlight is required nearly all the time. The manual focus is of course a challenge, but I love the lens!Nice image. And welcome to the forum. I noticed you have the Venus. What do you think of it?
Apr 25, 2015 17:50:55 #
cameraniac
Loc: Huntingburg, Indiana
Nice image!
I've never heard of this "Venus" lens but I sure can tell that it works.
I've never heard of this "Venus" lens but I sure can tell that it works.
Apr 25, 2015 17:55:34 #
Apr 25, 2015 18:10:46 #
Really nice shot.
Is that HDR hallo around the front feet or something else?
The Venus appears be to a pretty sharp lens.
Is that HDR hallo around the front feet or something else?
The Venus appears be to a pretty sharp lens.
Apr 25, 2015 18:39:09 #
It's not HDR - but it may be a bit too much shadow compensation in editing.
The lens is very sharp at f/8 and f/11.
The lens is very sharp at f/8 and f/11.
Apr 25, 2015 18:51:52 #
Paul Iddon wrote:
Have you done any focus stacking with the lens wider open? Say f/5.6 or f/8?It's not HDR - but it may be a bit too much shadow compensation in editing. The lens is very sharp at f/8 and f/11.
Apr 25, 2015 19:38:03 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
That is one thing I haven't yet tried with the Venus. I have done a few stacks off my 100mm but it's something I rarely do. I prefer the single shot with its more creative DoF, getting the viewer looking precisely where I want them.Have you done any focus stacking with the lens wider open? Say f/5.6 or f/8?
Apr 25, 2015 20:02:07 #
Paul Iddon wrote:
Most of us are routinely using speedlight illumination for all of our macro-photography. My typical exposure at ISO 200 is 1/200-sec at f/16.. . . a speedlight is required nearly all the time.
Apr 26, 2015 04:19:59 #
I'm hoping to get my hands on a sample version of a new twin flash system soon. Could be interesting.
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