Focus Stacked Image of a Spider
Jun 9, 2021 11:32:25 #
Jun 9, 2021 11:37:50 #
JeffDavidson wrote:
Great detail
Thanks, Jeff. Of late I have been using a 10X Plan Infinite microscope objective mounted on an 85mm f/1.8 prime lens used as the tube lens for these images. It gives me about one-inch of working distance between the objective and the subject so it's just enough to get the lighting on it.
Jun 9, 2021 11:48:21 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Thanks, Joe. I can only imagine what an insect that it encounters it must think in its final moments.
Do insects think?
Jun 9, 2021 11:55:28 #
Jun 9, 2021 12:08:13 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a "Big-'O" Brown Recluse that wa... (show quote)
Excellent image. Scary looking spider.
Jun 9, 2021 13:15:27 #
bodiebill wrote:
Do insects think?
Good question. My Better Half has often told me that I have a brain the size of a gnat so in some way I suspect they must be aware.
Jun 9, 2021 13:17:12 #
Earnest Botello wrote:
Horrifying and great macro, Sippy.
Thanks, Earnest. Fortunately they are limited in the size that they can achieve so as long as they never get bigger than what a shoe can stomp on we should be okay.
Jun 9, 2021 13:18:18 #
Ballard wrote:
Excellent image. Scary looking spider.
Thanks, I suspect that they were the inspiration for many Sci-Fi movies.
Jun 9, 2021 13:21:42 #
They are a dangerous breed of spider.....worse than he black widows that I encounter,often in the northern states but they like to dwell in clothing & linens and can make your day not so good.....nasty little guys. 
Jun 9, 2021 13:36:23 #
Blair Shaw Jr wrote:
They are a dangerous breed of spider.....worse than he black widows that I encounter,often in the northern states but they like to dwell in clothing & linens and can make your day not so good.....nasty little guys.
Thanks, Blair. That's what makes the encounters with them so likely and the result so unpleasant. My Brother-in-Law was bit by one many years ago and it rotted a hole in his arm that had to be irrigated and packed with gauze. It left a "divot" in his where the muscle never repaired. He would say that he never felt a thing until the red area appeared and could not bare to be touched. The painless bite makes them worse for by the time one knows that they have been bit the damage is well underway.
Jun 9, 2021 16:00:19 #
As long as you turned this recluse into refuse, I’m o.k.. Terrific detail, by the way!!!
Jun 9, 2021 16:01:14 #
Jun 9, 2021 17:24:46 #
raymondh wrote:
As long as you turned this recluse into refuse, I’m o.k.. Terrific detail, by the way!!!
Thanks, Raymondh. It spent the night in the "gas chamber" and it now resides in my collection of specimens.
Jun 9, 2021 17:25:03 #
Jun 9, 2021 21:24:50 #
lnl
Loc: SWFL
What an ugly, yet fascinating creature. I hope I only ever see them in your marvelous photos. Were you ever bitten by one?
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