My first Tarantula Spider pics, ever.
Aug 1, 2018 01:36:02 #
My wife and I had a fuzzy visitor near our garage this afternoon. Both of us rushed inside to get our cameras.
Images are taken handheld with a Sony A6500 with the Zeiss zoom and also a Olympus micro 4/3 OM1Dmkii and the 60mm macro. My wife used a Canon 5d with the 100mm macro lens but didn't post process the images yet.
Not all are sharp. I was struggling with the shallow depth of field, handheld, and worrying if the spider was going to jump on me and bite me.
This is my first image capture of a large spider. It was annoyed at first but sat still enough for us to get in a number of images.
Enjoy.
Aloha
jim
Images are taken handheld with a Sony A6500 with the Zeiss zoom and also a Olympus micro 4/3 OM1Dmkii and the 60mm macro. My wife used a Canon 5d with the 100mm macro lens but didn't post process the images yet.
Not all are sharp. I was struggling with the shallow depth of field, handheld, and worrying if the spider was going to jump on me and bite me.
This is my first image capture of a large spider. It was annoyed at first but sat still enough for us to get in a number of images.
Enjoy.
Aloha
jim
Aug 1, 2018 02:25:08 #
Aug 1, 2018 02:43:48 #
Aug 1, 2018 03:40:05 #
Ed Greding
Loc: Texas
Those are very nice pictures of a really lovely animal. My understanding is that tarantulas from the U.S. are pretty much harmless to human beings. Some tropical species may not be so harmless. Of course, all spiders bite, and are venomous to some extent. When Mark Twain was a gold miner in Nevada, most of his fellow miners kept them as pets in jars. Perhaps this is because, except for one very old lady who ran the house they all lived in, there were no women for companionship. Tarantulas beat nothing---I guess.
Aug 1, 2018 04:42:03 #
Ed Greding wrote:
Those are very nice pictures of a really lovely an... (show quote)
Could be they were in the same jar as the gold ! ....would make sense too.
This particular Tarantula looks rather scrawny to me, but I live in southern Arizona, so maybe ours have more food?? ...(Tacos from Mexico?? lol)
Aug 1, 2018 04:44:05 #
Aug 1, 2018 07:40:28 #
If you research, I believe you'll find that U.S. tarantulas have poor eyesight and hunt more by vibration. Their venom is nearly harmless, but its abdomen hairs can be irritating to the skin. Given the choice, I'm sure it would have chosen to escape rather than attack.
I like your perspective in #2 and you did well to make it stand out in #3 since it seems colored to blend in. I know a lifetime of aversion to arachnids can be hard to overcome, but if you learn more about these ultra-cool critters, you might relax and enjoy your next photo op a bit more
I like your perspective in #2 and you did well to make it stand out in #3 since it seems colored to blend in. I know a lifetime of aversion to arachnids can be hard to overcome, but if you learn more about these ultra-cool critters, you might relax and enjoy your next photo op a bit more
Aug 1, 2018 09:27:57 #
Aug 1, 2018 11:17:41 #
Nice images, but I'm just as happy he's in your yard rather than mine!
Aug 1, 2018 14:10:51 #
Cheese wrote:
Nice pics, but that's one ugly feller.
Thanks.
Coming from Hawaii, no Tarantulas there, this thing made my wife and I pretty nervous.
aloha
j
Aug 1, 2018 14:11:35 #
Beard43 wrote:
Tarantulas are supposed to be fairly harmless to humans
I was reading about that.
Still. It looks formidable. I would not want to be a bug.
aloha
jim
Aug 1, 2018 14:13:10 #
Ed Greding wrote:
Those are very nice pictures of a really lovely an... (show quote)
Yes. Certainly better than the rattlesnakes and other venomous things here in N. Arizona.
aloha
jim
Aug 1, 2018 14:14:08 #
TucsonCoyote wrote:
Could be they were in the same jar as the gold ! ....would make sense too.
This particular Tarantula looks rather scrawny to me, but I live in southern Arizona, so maybe ours have more food?? ...(Tacos from Mexico?? lol)
This particular Tarantula looks rather scrawny to me, but I live in southern Arizona, so maybe ours have more food?? ...(Tacos from Mexico?? lol)
My neighbor took a picture of a huge hairy green one on his living room window this morning.
Much bigger than the one I saw. And fatter.
aloha
jim
Aug 1, 2018 14:14:39 #
angler wrote:
Good set.
Thanks,
Appreciate the compliment.
Impressed with my new Olympus and macro lens.
jim
Aug 1, 2018 14:16:24 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
If you research, I believe you'll find that U.S. t... (show quote)
Thanks Linda,
I've always been a bit jumpy. In Hawaii they have centipedes a foot long and fat. As we where slippers over there, they can be a nasty thing to run in to. And, in N. Arizona there's rattlesnakes.
I'll take the spiders any day.
aloha
jim
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