Spider's Eyes
Feb 17, 2013 09:45:18 #
Went back and cleaned these spiders up a bit. When using tubes I'll have to dial the aperture back a bit. With higher magnification diffraction plays a larger part in your finished product.
Feb 17, 2013 09:54:38 #
Feb 17, 2013 13:03:46 #
Db7423 wrote:
A total of eight eyes: one on each side, and two towards the back of head. Look on left-side of last image (#4).Am I looking at four eyes?
Feb 17, 2013 13:26:22 #
awesome! love the reflections in the eyes.now,how did you clean them up?i dont have to buy photoshop do i?tom
Feb 17, 2013 14:45:35 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Learn something every day. Douglass, so a spider has 360 degree vision. I thought spiders had poor vision and relied on feeling to know where prey was on their web- I read that somewhere. Do all spiders rely on a web or are some hunters rather than web builders?A total of eight eyes: one on each side, and two towards the back of head. Look on left-side of last image (#4).
Feb 17, 2013 14:49:57 #
Hey Tom, No I don't have photo shop. I just cloned some of the diffraction out of the eyes. They also have dandruff on their head. At F/22 a 100mm lens and my diffuser the eyes come out pretty good now. But as Blurryeyed pointed out, once you go past 1:1 it's hard to stay there. Plus the higher the magnification, the shallower the DOF, you need more light and so on, more of a challenge. When I add tubes I can see more Noise/Diffraction in the eyes. I'm kicking myself as I had a chance two days ago when I went to the lake to try F/11 or so using the tubes. By habit I dialed in F/22 and never even thought about it till I was look at them on the computer. I'm willing to loose some DOF if I get the Spider's Eyes Crystal Clear. We just had a cold front come in so the spiders will be in hiding for at least a week.
Feb 17, 2013 14:57:35 #
Db7423 wrote:
Not a good shot but if you look close you will see two more eyes on the side of his head. Four in front, two per side makes eight eyes. These Jumping spiders, jump and attack their prey, they do not build webs. They also love to eat other spidersLearn something every day. Douglass, so a spider has 360 degree vision. I thought spiders had poor vision and relied on feeling to know where prey was on their web- I read that somewhere. Do all spiders rely on a web or are some hunters rather than web builders?
Feb 17, 2013 15:04:36 #
fstop22 wrote:
Thanks for the info. I figured this guy was a hunter. Though I'll admit till now I thought all spiders built webs for hunting and had poor eye sight. BTW, these are amazing shots. The guy in three cracks me up- kind of looks likes me on top. Flat top with v e r y little hair! ;)Not a good shot but if you look close you will see two more eyes on the side of his head. Four in front, two per side makes eight eyes. These Jumping spiders, jump and attack their prey, they do not build webs. They also love to eat other spiders
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Feb 20, 2013 15:03:54 #
Now if we could just get you to work on getting those spiders into a good background/foreground situation.... I think that your spiders are as good as this one, http://www.flickr.com/photos/opoterser/7923719100/in/photostream the only difference is that he is getting all that colorful blur behind the spider and the rich color of the foreground reflected up into the eyes of the spider....
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