Jumping Spider Model
Jan 19, 2014 18:34:25 #
Well like most weekends I have several back up plans. Plan A was to go camping starting Friday night at a local lake near YeeHaw Junction. Around a hundred pair of Osprey come in for the nesting season and set up house. Unfortunately a cold front found it's way south and we cancelled the plans. I still took a drive up to the lake to scout out what specific campsite we'll rent not having thought about it before and to take a look and see how many of the Osprey had arrived. Long story short I made a couple of quick 2 minutes stops on the way back to see if any Jumpers in the area. 2 stops turned up 3 Jumpers. One to small, another too fast and this one featured was just right. A little on the small size/better for DoF/ this young female Phidippus regius became my model for the day. If I told you how long I spent photographing her you would think I'm nuts. To the tune of 300 plus photos. Many were stack but will save those for a raining day. Here are just a few of the many I captured. Very little PP, mostly cropped with added contrast and bring up the shadows. From F/16 to F/22. I supplied my own props for this shoot.
Jan 19, 2014 18:59:39 #
Jan 19, 2014 19:00:35 #
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Jan 19, 2014 19:17:35 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
She ran around for almost 2 hrs Allen before Finally settling down. All these shots shown was her pausing for seconds at a time. I would let her sit and as I moved the camera into position/trying to get focus/as fast as I could, she would turn away from the camera. I was tempted to stick her on a needle, ha, ha.. Think I'm a little touched in the head to spend so much time waiting for a shot.Excellent. Can't wait to see your stacks.
Jan 19, 2014 19:19:48 #
fstop22 wrote:
Well, the results speak for themselves.She ran around for almost 2 hrs Allen before Finally settling down. All these shots shown was her pausing for seconds at a time.
Jan 19, 2014 19:28:07 #
Jan 19, 2014 19:47:31 #
Thank You Sir
Bmac wrote:
These are all fantastic. Great series. :thumbup:
Jan 19, 2014 22:58:28 #
All these photos are excellent Martin. 300 shots, quite a patient subject you had. Not sure with spiders as I don't photograph them often but with other critters I have had opportunity to fire off a hundred or so. Seems like after the first dozen or so the insect becomes complacent, flash-blind or a combination of the two.
You noted you supplied your own props, what were they?
You noted you supplied your own props, what were they?
Jan 20, 2014 06:00:27 #
Hey William,
I went back and counted, 200 of the shots were stacked. Normally I take 10 or so shots of a subject and move on. This little female would not give in and pose for a shot, so I just stuck to my guns and kept her isolated/restricted to her props until she settled down. Here's a few Unedited shots of the props. Spanish moss, another moss called deer foot moss and a branch with lichens from an oak tree that sort of looks like coral. The blue in the back ground is a shirt.
I went back and counted, 200 of the shots were stacked. Normally I take 10 or so shots of a subject and move on. This little female would not give in and pose for a shot, so I just stuck to my guns and kept her isolated/restricted to her props until she settled down. Here's a few Unedited shots of the props. Spanish moss, another moss called deer foot moss and a branch with lichens from an oak tree that sort of looks like coral. The blue in the back ground is a shirt.
Jan 20, 2014 07:19:00 #
I like the lichen, there's a pair of homophones you don't see often. The black filaments compliment the spiders spiky hairs. The blue shirt is an effective backdrop. It gives the perception of the sky in the background.
Jan 20, 2014 08:35:10 #
We are your support group for obsessive behavior. 3 or 4 hours on a shoot is obsessive behavior. We support and encourage this behavior.
Well shot.
Well shot.
Jan 20, 2014 12:25:57 #
Jan 20, 2014 13:22:33 #
Nice, I like the blue background, for some reason it makes the jumper bigger.
Jan 20, 2014 14:35:36 #
Really nice stuff, what do you call that last prop, looks kinda funky.
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