Huntsman
These guys come into our home every now and then through the toilet window and hang out around our bathroom area. They get up to 15cm in size, this one was about 9-10cm. I stood on a chair to get close…
Photo Information:
10th February 2007
EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Focal Length: 60.0mm
Extension Tube: EF25 II
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/200
ISO: 100
Flash: 430EX (diffuser)
23/10/08 . 5th Things that make you go AAAHHH!!! challenge
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** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), Arachnids and Extreme Close-Ups Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints
Maximus
excellent macro Darren. :)
LetMeShootYou
What the heck is that? Amazing shot!
Linda x
LetMeShootYou
Does it eat Jelly Babies ;)
Darren Post replied
only the red ones…
thelotuspress
wow, that’s close! ... and scary :)
Leno
I guess if you really got to know them you would come to like them…..wouldn’t you?LOL
great macro amigo!
MagnusAgren
Nice shot mate, love the pano crop too….
SylviaHardy
Lol! He looks almost like a walrus :-)) Brilliant macro and love this image!
Elaine Harriott
Fantastic shot Darren, love your macro work!
Kuulei2you
Darren Awsome capture! Where do those things crawl around at? Yikes I don’t think I would want one crawling around me!:-(
BigD
Darren, super work
LetMeShootYou
ok I give up, lol what is he? (hiding my red jelly babies)
Darren Post replied
just a lil spider…
Craig Watson
Great closeup… well done!
Susan van Zyl
Wow! Amazing! Love it!
Kim Soltes
Oh my gosh that’s creepy!! Great capture!
Trevor Fellows
wow awesome macro m8 .
Trev.
HRLambert
oh its a spider… took me a while to see that, :) love the close up
H x
Rachel Leigh
Mmm well I hate spiders and this photo did not help, haha. But it is a great macro!
Lucindawind
wow thats fantastic .. a big ewwww tho ..not fond of spider looks
Floralynne
Crikey! LOL. What a brilliant macro!
Danielle Daven...
wow.. this is a really excellent macro… this guy looks more menacing than my fisher spiders! Fantastic capture Darren!
Helene Kippert
Amazing!
Autismmom
wow! amazing!
Carol & Kev Ha...
Awesome macro Darren, so very beautifully captured!!
Michelle Whennan
You’re killing me with this one! So glad I can’t see all the crawly legs. Brilliant shot
Jazzyjane
Fantastic macro and unfortunately all too recognisable… shiver one was on my sons roof in Coff’s Harbour…HUGE bigger than my hand!!!!! Great shot.
Tara Sheffer-A...
Pretty incredible closeup shot!!! This is really great and a very sharp image, love the DOF as well!!!
greenpeg
fantastic macro…................instant fave there darren
Cassie Gannon
Excellent macro.
LetMeShootYou
Ahhhh wow that’s a spider – how cool is he – we don’t get such amazing spiders in England. He is a cutie x
LetMeShootYou
So how big are they?
Darren Post replied
up to 15cm aparently, this one would have been about 10cm…
LetMeShootYou
Wow – thanks :)
Jodie Carruthers
Bloody fantastic Darren!
Stephanie Ohne...
yuck i hate spiders and huntsmans especially, but this shot is amazing,how did you get so close to it?
Sigrid Kleinecke
Gosh! I dont want to meet him. Never ever!
Anyway, the shot ist marvelous.
Di Jenkins
cool shot! and how brave of you to get eye to eye with him … AGH!!!!
Margot Komine
Oh my goodness, what a remarkable macro shot this is!
wildrider58
fantastic macro
Ben Herman
excellent macro
Paulette x
Oh my God, I’m a spider phobic, this is a biggun isn’t it. Incredible shot – can hardly bear to look at it though!
Karri Klawiter
I love this, this is great!
Anne van Alkemade
Gorgeous! Just gorgeous.
David Geoffrey...
Love your macro work!
Kate Adams
Stunning Darren!
Tonje Thilesen
Great macro.
Glitter
oh my!!! what a close one!!!!!!
I’m so very scared of spiders, but this macro is amazing!!!!!!!!
you have one as a pet? how did you get it to sit still, for you take this photo?
I’m simply stunned here!!!
tess1731
Fantastic shot … would not catch me getting so close to this guy I can tell you
handprintz
Very cool ,he looks like he is giving you the once over!! great work
Woodyk2
Top stuff…great macro.
Leah Highland
Great detail here, the eyes are so perfectly creepy.
jesika
A wonderful shot.
j
christopholis
theyr’e nice spiders..we usually get one behind a tapestry near the entrance to our house
Jim Sugrue
Dude – way to close for comfort!! Great Shot, you’ve definitly got more guts than I do!
Jodie Carruthers
EXCELLENT MACRO
Tamme Marshall
Ok this really makes me go “AAAAAHHHH” – please be sure to submit it to the 1:1 Macro group fro approval so I don’t have to remove it from the challenge because it ROCKS!
Marleia Main
Wonderful! I love spiders .. Very nice macro! : )) Just voted for it!!
sarahncraig
Great macro shot! Well Done!
Lynda McDonald
excellent ….............!
Iktomi
is it dead? i ask because its legs are curled into its body.
Darren Post replied
He was alive … moved around at night.
We just made sure he stayed away from the bedroom ;-)
LindaR
fabulous shot ~ just look at all those eyes! and hair!! macro world is like discovering a world inside our world ~ made visible ~ wonder and awe never ceases xx
Normf
Very good shot and congratulations on being featured in Extreme Close-Ups. I’d love you to BubbleMail me some details about the shot such as the lens, apiture etc as I’ve just started doing a lot of “spider close ups” recently but have challenges with DOF.
Darren Post replied
G’day normf … most of the details you ask about are included in my photo’s description. The diffuser used here was an Omni-Bounce. Thanks ;-)
Blair Wainman
Great macro shot Darren!! Stunning detail! Congratulations on your feature!!
Kay G Larsen
Wow! I think he’s smiling! Congrats on the feature! : )
Andrew Trevor-...
Great image. Congratulations on the feature.