heydontlookatme Ididntdoit

Peter Martin

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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heydontlookatme Ididntdoit by Peter Martin
heydontlookatme Ididntdoit by Peter Martin
  • Jason Asher

    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

    dinghysailor1 28 days ago

    remarkable capture! fantastic work!!
    :))

  • Peter Martin replied 28 days ago

    thanks Maggie (good to get your input!) =)

  • gabbielizzie

    gabbielizzie 28 days ago

    that is such an odd looking spider nice capture

  • Peter Martin replied 27 days ago

    thanks gabbielizzie =)

  • Edge-of-dreams

    Edge-of-dreams 28 days ago

    Oh my – what a beauty !!!

  • Peter Martin replied 27 days ago

    thanks Mia

  • Heather Hartkamp

    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

    Scott d'Almeida 26 days ago

    excellent

  • Peter Martin replied 26 days ago

    thanks Scott =)

  • Voltaire Carlos

    Voltaire Carlos 25 days ago

    Another wonderful specimen

  • Peter Martin replied 24 days ago

    thanks Voltaire

  • Edyta  Pelc

    Edyta Pelc 23 days ago

    great shot beauty spider!

  • Peter Martin replied 23 days ago

    thanks Edyta

  • Jason Asher

    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

    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

    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

    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)

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