heydontlookatme Ididntdoit
Hey, don’t look at me[?] I didn’t do it!
It was missing a leg way before I hooked up with it.
No wonder this little dude was so uncooperative
...once bitten twice shy.
Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, NSW.
(near the bench, just below the Herb Garden)
Canon 5D2 + MPE @ 3x magnification.
F/9, ISO 1600, 1/200 sec, ringflash(4:1 split).
2 x raw images processed in Lightroom;
focus merge and high-pass sharpen in Photoshop.
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Jason Asher 28 days ago
Awesome Peter! Great detail mate, never seen one of these guys. Also great scientific name in the title ;) Very jealous of the MKII’s iso performance right now…
Peter Martin replied 28 days ago
thanks Jason. yes it is definitely good with ISO, and the range 800 to 3200 becomes quite safe. that has to be a determining factor in your plans.
dinghysailor1 28 days ago
remarkable capture! fantastic work!!
:))
Peter Martin replied 28 days ago
thanks Maggie (good to get your input!) =)
gabbielizzie 28 days ago
that is such an odd looking spider nice capture
Peter Martin replied 27 days ago
thanks gabbielizzie =)
Edge-of-dreams 28 days ago
Oh my – what a beauty !!!
Peter Martin replied 27 days ago
thanks Mia
Heather Hartkamp 28 days ago
Peter Martin replied 27 days ago
Thank you very much Heather and thanks to the Top Shelf for featuring it! =)
Scott d'Almeida 26 days ago
excellent
Peter Martin replied 26 days ago
thanks Scott =)
Voltaire Carlos 25 days ago
Another wonderful specimen
Peter Martin replied 24 days ago
thanks Voltaire
Edyta Pelc 23 days ago
great shot beauty spider!
Peter Martin replied 23 days ago
thanks Edyta
Jason Asher 23 days ago
Congrats on the new feature mate.
Peter Martin replied 23 days ago
thanks Jason – I must have done something right for a change – problem is, when you’re on a roll, you don’t write stuff down… I hope I remember what it was..
Jason Asher 23 days ago
I think it’s just compositionally perfect mate, the way his legs aren’t completely in the frame and he’s off center, gives a full image, but still has some spare space down the bottom. Great contrast too.
Peter Martin replied 23 days ago
so the whole “missing one leg” thing? (he’s got one leg that isn’t in frame at all!!!)
Jason Asher 23 days ago
Didn’t even notice until I read the description honestly :)
Peter Martin replied 23 days ago
thanks for the technical – will dig deep into the subconcious and try to recreate the steps.
Pete Costick 21 days ago
Congrats…..featured work
Thanks for being part of Arachnids Group
Peter Martin replied 20 days ago
thanks Pete (apologies for missing this – it must have got lost over the page)