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Laois Tree Spider
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From yesterday in Emo-
this little spider’s body was about 6mm long-This is where I’d refer to it as a ‘she’ or a ‘he’,
if I were to know anything about spiders-
but I haven’t a clue, so its an it.These ones spread their web all over the surface of the leichen (if that’s what it is)
and just hang around, waiting for something to pop up from the undergrowth.j
Joesph a lovely capture great DOF a smalll pity that the legs a cropped a bit.
SodaCheers Soda-
Anyone know what it is, by the way?
I think I’ve got all the feet, but he was a bit crooked, and I lost a foot when I rotated-
This was a reversed 50mm, so magnification is fixed at around 0.8xI just got a step up ring, so now I can reverse my old Zuikos-
The 28mm gives me 2x magnification-
(and depth of field of around 2mm at f/16)Must have a look for some really small things-
j
Now that’s an interesting diversion from you Joseph. Nice work considering it was around 6mm? There looks to be a little bit of CA towards the bottom of the image but I’d say that is probably an occupational hazard for reversed lenses. As to what it is – not me, I couldn’t tell. Anything that size is normally referred to as a money spider in my home…anything larger as a fuppin giantic spydur.
Hope to see more of this from you.
Alan.
That’s a really nice spider and fantastic the way its legs are spread straight out, nice one.
Very cool shot!
You caught an incredibly amazing perspective with all of his limbs extended almost symmetrically (except that he seems to be missing part of his second left leg) which I suppose you had nothing to do with and couldn’t do much to change…
I love the dof and I love the bits of web creeping through the scene.
Really great halloweeny mood 8)
Thanks Alan, Meo, Sharon and Richy-
He’s not missing a leg, you can see it if you look closely-
You can see it better in the detail-There’s a lot of ca around the edges-
Although its a lot more apparent in the out of focus specular highlights than anywhere else-
the leg is closer to being in focus than the drops, and doesn’t exhibit any ca-So I reckon the problem here is ca in my bokeh-
Not exactly pleasant.
This was taken on the Nikkor, I must try the Zuiko, see if its any better-Alan, while this might be my first spider picture,
spiders are just a sub-set of the world of very little things,
and I’ve posted a few of those before-
But you’re right, completely diversionary-Thanks again for the comments-
j
Very nice Joseph.
Reversing lenses eh? You’ll be looking for your old 24mm back soon so…
I never thought of trying that one backwards on my E500. Must do and
post the results. The Zuiko 50mm works beautifully, but I’ll have to get
a reversing ring; tricky enough to use just holding against the body.
Nice spider, and nice detail. Good too that you tell us all the technical stuff.
Very generous of you, and much appreciated…Rob.
Thanks Sharon and Rob-
Reversing a lens is a cheap shot alright,
very limiting, and a long way short of ideal-
2x magnification on the 28mm comes at the expense of being about 60mm away from your 12mm subject-
the 24mm will bring you even closer-But the quality isn’t bad, not brilliant, but not bad-
Thanks again for the comments-
j
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