Take the 80D and 18-200 IS and travel tripod. Don't forget mosquito repellent.

Nice photos. I specially like #2. Like how the layers are displayed. A keeper.

Great. It's a nice change from bugs.

Thanks, I agree it looks like a ground crab spider.

I took this pic last week and my sisters would like to know what kind is it. I told them a spider, but that's not good enough. Can anyone ID this. It was the size of an eraser. Thanks.

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Found this guy when I was picking weeds, I happen to have my Canon A650IS got this and a few other shots. I was surprised to even get a picture since it was a windy day.

Front yard spider

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I have one new in the box and it did not come with a manual. It's a manual lens and has no switches.

Wait for the SX60, I'm sure it will be out in 2014. ;)

nice detail.

I have the camera in live view and on a cable release, I open the shutter when the fireworks started and close when I liked the results. The range of my shutter releases was from 3 seconds to 59 seconds for all my exposures. I shot in raw for maximum quality. I shot at 18mm on my 18-200mm lens. Next time I'll use my Canon 10-22mm lens for even wider field of view. Make sure that Long exposure noise reduction in turned on. It should be in Auto as default.

The first one was 18 seconds.
The second one was 15 seconds.
The third one was 13 seconds.

Get a 100mm Macro F2.8L IS, excellent lens and super sharp. Also good for portraits. Also get a 1.4 teleconverter for the 70-200. The converter is my next purchase..

I used to shoot raw & jpeg.
Now just raw.

Thanks, macro photography is addictive.

I was photographing the grass to see if I could capture the detail when this tiny spider ran up into the frame. I couldn't believe it, as if it was auditioning for a part. So I adjusted the camera and refocused on the spider. This was a lucky shot. It was about 2 mm in size.

Can anyone identify the critter?

thanks, I think it's a crab spider. The shot was more luck then skill. I'm not fond of spiders either.