Focus Stacked Image of an Arachnid
Apr 11, 2022 16:43:21 #
My grandson knows that I have a passion for photographing insects and spiders and he called to tell me that he found a "Big-O'" spider in his basement bedroom and that he had dispatched it. I asked him to put it in an empty pill bottle and keep it in the freezer for me.
This is the female wolf spider that he found and saved for me that I staged for a focus-stacking session using a reversed 50mm enlarger lens set at f/5.6 and extended on a bellows. I'd rather he not have dispatched it, although I understand that not everyone thinks of spiders the way that I do for they are highly beneficial and quite harmless with the exception of very few species in North America.
This is the female wolf spider that he found and saved for me that I staged for a focus-stacking session using a reversed 50mm enlarger lens set at f/5.6 and extended on a bellows. I'd rather he not have dispatched it, although I understand that not everyone thinks of spiders the way that I do for they are highly beneficial and quite harmless with the exception of very few species in North America.
Apr 11, 2022 17:10:11 #
Apr 11, 2022 17:26:07 #
kpmac wrote:
Wow. Great stack, sippy.
Thanks, Kpmac. She's a bit wet looking for my grandson drowned it with spray and I have yet to get it off.
Apr 11, 2022 17:33:24 #
Nice!! Now you just need to train your grandson not to kill them. Although maybe he couldn't have gotten it to you otherwise.
Apr 11, 2022 17:49:45 #
JimmyTB wrote:
Nice!! Now you just need to train your grandson not to kill them. Although maybe he couldn't have gotten it to you otherwise.
JimmyTB, I doubt that he would have captured it for me, especially with him finding it in his bedroom which I could tell had freaked him out from his voice over the phone when he called to tell me about it.
Apr 11, 2022 17:50:22 #
Apr 11, 2022 19:09:41 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
My grandson knows that I have a passion for photog... (show quote)
Up close and personal!
Apr 11, 2022 20:55:16 #
UTMike wrote:
Your usual wonderful detail, Gary!
Thanks, UTMike. Wolf spiders are quite common here and I find them prowling around the fringes of the yard. They most often hunt at night and they are 'insectivores' and eat mostly ground-dwelling insects, other spiders, grasshoppers, ants, and beetles. They get fairly large so they can be frightening to someone who doesn't like finding spiders. They also overwinter indoors which I suspect is how my grandson came across this one.
Apr 11, 2022 20:56:34 #
photophile wrote:
Up close and personal!
Photophile, Thanks for stopping by.
Apr 11, 2022 23:44:36 #
Apr 12, 2022 00:09:47 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Back to your roots, beautiful Sippy
Thanks, Curmudgeon. It's that time of year again so I will be returning to the field for live macro sessions and doing a bit of collecting of invasive and destructive species for focus stacking sessions.
Apr 12, 2022 06:23:01 #
sippyjug104 said in part: " I understand that not everyone thinks of spiders the way that I do for they are highly beneficial "
Yes, make your choice, Roaches or a guard spider that eats them before they can multiply.
I am not sure that this beast has been efficiently designed... a lot of parts ... a Mustash and Beard???
Yes, make your choice, Roaches or a guard spider that eats them before they can multiply.
I am not sure that this beast has been efficiently designed... a lot of parts ... a Mustash and Beard???
Apr 12, 2022 06:43:35 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
JimmyTB, I doubt that he would have captured it for me, especially with him finding it in his bedroom which I could tell had freaked him out from his voice over the phone when he called to tell me about it.
I do understand. If I'm home when my wife comes across a spider she calls me to take it out side away from the house. If I'm not home.........too bad for the spider.
Apr 12, 2022 07:45:39 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
My grandson knows that I have a passion for photog... (show quote)
Good one, sippyjug
Apr 12, 2022 07:53:35 #
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