Jump to content

Spider and June Bug


obi-wan-yj

7075: 55mm, f/11, 1/80s, ISO 200, flash


From the category:

Macro

· 52,294 images
  • 52,294 images
  • 168,993 image comments


Recommended Comments

In only about 30 minutes, this spider had built a 2-foot diameter web

between my garage and the hood of my Jeep, right under the

motion-sensing flood light. My wife threw a june bug into his web,

and it was amazing how quickly he wrapped it up. I'm still working on

trying to get effective lighting on my macro shots. This was done

with an add-on flash mounted to the hot shoe with a Stofen diffuser

attached. Most other shots with that setup don't turn out quite as

well. This was shot at slightly over 1:1 with the glass a few inches

from the spider. Any suggestions for improvement?

Link to comment
This shot, with a different crop that enhanced the web on which he was hanging, was submitted to the 2009 Nebraska State Fair photography competition, where it won second place in the "Other Living Creatures (color)" class.
Link to comment

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...