Any photographers in here?
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TheBeachBumm
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obviously my lingo is a bit off too. At least i'm moving from lurker to noob. haha ms3, now thats better. Anyway back to the topic at hand
FlyinHawaiian
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Let me get some Penn State love in here from last weekend's crushing of Notre Dame...
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ipleadthe5th
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cornflaykes
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Here is one of my recent photos. 50mm 1.8 cheap lens but I love it!!
I was messing around with the DOF in this one to show my friend how different shutters and aperture values work...
I was messing around with the DOF in this one to show my friend how different shutters and aperture values work...
ZoominMX-5
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was that with the 10-17 fisheye? I have that lens... i love it so much! (thumb)
ipleadthe5th
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15 f2.8 I believe. Where have you been hiding lately?
So, I was hanging at the parents' place on Labor Day when I looked over and saw this guy chilling in his web. I still don't know what kind of spider it is, but maybe someone here does. The first image below on my 17" 1280x1024 monitor is about 1.5x life size based on my rough measurements taken that day.
I took a number of pictures of it hanging out on the web, but that grew old so I started to look around for another insect to, um, sacrifice for some good pictures. I did a full lap around the house and didn't catch a thing. But as soon as I approach the web again something flew in and the spider lept to action.
I was counting on being able to more or less place the "prey" into a specific part of the web, but I had to quickly adjust the camera to capture the spider in this location. These images are 100% crops because I wasn't quite close enough using my 60mm macro.
I had my flash set-up above firing into an umbrella straight above the web. I set the ISO to 800 in order to bump up the aperture (to get some DoF) and powered down the flash a bit. I wanted to be able to shoot in continuous mode in order to get every second of insect eating action, but the flash needed to be at 1/4 or below in order to last through my tiny 4 RAW image buffer.
Once wrapped and injected with venom, the spider hung out waiting for it to take effect. I don't think this species of spider's web is sticky, which is why it moves with such speed once it senses the vibration of an insect in the web. The hairs on its legs help it stay on the web, I think.
Once dead the spider disconnected its prey and carried the package back to the center of the web. It hung out there for a moment more then started to eat of the spider silk wrapping. It got down to the good stuff and chowed-down.
I took a number of pictures of it hanging out on the web, but that grew old so I started to look around for another insect to, um, sacrifice for some good pictures. I did a full lap around the house and didn't catch a thing. But as soon as I approach the web again something flew in and the spider lept to action.
I was counting on being able to more or less place the "prey" into a specific part of the web, but I had to quickly adjust the camera to capture the spider in this location. These images are 100% crops because I wasn't quite close enough using my 60mm macro.
I had my flash set-up above firing into an umbrella straight above the web. I set the ISO to 800 in order to bump up the aperture (to get some DoF) and powered down the flash a bit. I wanted to be able to shoot in continuous mode in order to get every second of insect eating action, but the flash needed to be at 1/4 or below in order to last through my tiny 4 RAW image buffer.
Once wrapped and injected with venom, the spider hung out waiting for it to take effect. I don't think this species of spider's web is sticky, which is why it moves with such speed once it senses the vibration of an insect in the web. The hairs on its legs help it stay on the web, I think.
Once dead the spider disconnected its prey and carried the package back to the center of the web. It hung out there for a moment more then started to eat of the spider silk wrapping. It got down to the good stuff and chowed-down.
MikeBlueP5
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that would be called a writing spider, a silk weaver, an orb weaver etc whichever you prefer. most commonly known as the writing spider, kinda like the one in charlottes web
kudakev615
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side note: ive been trying to get some cool pics of this spider that post up on my front pourch for some time now. he only comes out at night and its hard to get a good pic of him. but props on the pics NV. you have def been one of the members that have inspired me in this thread. keep up the awsome work
FlyinHawaiian
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Damn NVP5, who the **** are you? I live in Frederick, MD, I'll hit you up when I get home from school. Amazing pics dude....
Makes me wish I had some serious equipment...
Makes me wish I had some serious equipment...
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NV..that's sweet man. good macro action. kinda like a spider spring roll LOL. I'll have to get a macro setup soon..but wireless triggers and new flash first!
ZoominMX-5
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Nice spider pics!!!
And Ipleadthe5th, I've been around, just working 60 hr weeks and 4 hrs of jiu jitsu/gym training every day, so that doesn't leave me much time to shoot pictures.
And Ipleadthe5th, I've been around, just working 60 hr weeks and 4 hrs of jiu jitsu/gym training every day, so that doesn't leave me much time to shoot pictures.
ipleadthe5th
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Are you taking pics for Clemson?
ZoominMX-5
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No, doesn't look like i'll be taking pics for my friend that works with the yearbook, he had one fewer field passes this year.
There is some hope, however...
I work at the photo lab at Sam's Club near Clemson (in Anderson, SC. Have been there for 3 years). There's a regular customer that comes in all the time who works for the university taking pictures, movies, etc. He said he could easily get me a field pass as long as I could produce some decent shots for him. So i'm waiting to hear back from him, but I might have to pick up a long lens now
Thanks everyone for the positive comments. I had some difficulty taking the pictures because of the location of the web. It was hanging low to the ground between some black-eyed susans. These flowers grow to maybe 24" off the ground. The web was angled about 15 degrees. The spider was sitting on the lower side and head-down. The umbrella created a shadow but it was better then the natural light which was directly behind the web.
The last two images (one is above) are not 100% crops, in fact they are 100% of the original width, just cut down a little to make then 4Wx5H ratio. I estimate that the front lens element on my 60mm macro is just 2" from the spider's legs which is close enough for me.
ipleadthe5th
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No, doesn't look like i'll be taking pics for my friend that works with the yearbook, he had one fewer field passes this year.
There is some hope, however...
I work at the photo lab at Sam's Club near Clemson (in Anderson, SC. Have been there for 3 years). There's a regular customer that comes in all the time who works for the university taking pictures, movies, etc. He said he could easily get me a field pass as long as I could produce some decent shots for him. So i'm waiting to hear back from him, but I might have to pick up a long lens now
That is a great contact to have. I'd love the opportunity and I'd splurge in a heartbeat on a lens. I've emailed a few ppl but no responses yet. I'll have to work on it more thru the offseason for next yr.
I've been doing professional work for quite a while now. Had 6-7 years in photoshop and illustrator. currently own a Canon EOS 20D and a couple lenses, flash, etc. and a couple old film cameras. If anyone lives around Kansas or is willing to drive to do a photoshoot, I'm game.
