I swear he winked

Yes, this is pretty much my maximum magnification, many thanks for your comment

Thank you for kind words, it’s great to share my interest with others

Thanks Steve, I love those staring eyes.

Thanks Karen, looks a bit frightening at this magnification doen’t it, but this photo covers about 2.5mm real life width, so it’s a tiny little spider really.

Hi Darren, thanks for your comments. I’ve been looking at your work and am very impressed. I see, like me, you’ve got a number of jumping spider photos. This shot used four small manual flash guns (Sunpak GN 14 & 20 and Starblitz GM 16 & 20 with built in slaves). Two at very close range on the subject, that show as reflections in the eyes, plus two to light the blue background. One flash linked to the camera and the other three fired on slaves.

Many thanks for your comments

Thank you, much appreciated

Thank you for your comment

Thanks Yesim, I love these little jumping spiders.

Comments of praise from such a talented photographer as yourself are especially appreciated. Many thanks, Pete

Many thanks for commenting and I see you’ve joined Arachnids group – welcome.

Many thanks for your comment Rosina, hope the little chap didn’t spook you.

Many thanks for your comment, much appreciated.

Hi Kai-Marie, thanks for taking the time to drop by and commenting. This little chap is greatly magnified, so nothing to be afraid of really. Pete

Hi Vikram, many thanks. I was only just reading your details on lighting in response to Shelly. Very impressed with your lighting techniques and like the DIY approach. By the way, I took this some years ago on film and have have since moved to Nikon’s wireless flash system and DSLR, although still do sometimes use multiple manual flash too. With the ability to review on digital cameras, you can quite lterally paint light with multiple flash guns.

Hi, Basia, many thanks for having a look and commenting, much appreciated :)

Hi Evette, thanks for taking a look, sorry if this lttle fella unnerved you. I very much appreciate your kind words.

Thanks Tara, I’m looking forward to the spring and more spider macro work

Many thanks, appreciate you taking a look

Het DiEtte, Pleased this had that effect on you, thank you so much

Hi Yuri, thanks for taking a look :) No, this little chat has 8 eyes, as do most spiders. The other two pairs are on the side of the head, follow this link to another pic of this same spider, better showing the other side mounted eyes.

Hahaha….....frightening ‘eh :) Lucking it’s only tiny in real life :)