Bill Boehme
2nd of January 2008 (Wed), 17:26
This is my first image posting on the macro forum although I have been a member of POTN for a while. These are not true macro images since I used the kit lens on my XTi, not having anything else at the time that I took this picture.
I believe that this orb weaver is a black and yellow argiope (argiope aurantia). Compared to the usual quality pictures that I see posted on this forum, this one is pretty lame -- hopefully, I will develop some macro shooting skills eventually ... I saw this guy just in time to grab a quick parting shot .. it looks like he has a wheelbase of around three inches. The shot setting details are ISO 400, 1/250 second shutter speed, f/5.6 aperture, F.L. 55 mm, and Canon ER-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens on Canon Digital Rebel XTi.
The second shot is a 100% crop. For obvious reasons, I hardly use the kit lens anymore. See the bottom of my post for my current set of lenses.
At first, I thought that the picture looked pretty good just because the spider was large, but now that I have examined some really good work, I can see some things that would have made it better such as getting really close to shorten the depth of field. The lighting wasn't anything to write home about either. Feel free to tell me what else I did wrong. I suppose that it wouldn't hurt to have a macro lens.
I believe that this orb weaver is a black and yellow argiope (argiope aurantia). Compared to the usual quality pictures that I see posted on this forum, this one is pretty lame -- hopefully, I will develop some macro shooting skills eventually ... I saw this guy just in time to grab a quick parting shot .. it looks like he has a wheelbase of around three inches. The shot setting details are ISO 400, 1/250 second shutter speed, f/5.6 aperture, F.L. 55 mm, and Canon ER-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens on Canon Digital Rebel XTi.
The second shot is a 100% crop. For obvious reasons, I hardly use the kit lens anymore. See the bottom of my post for my current set of lenses.
At first, I thought that the picture looked pretty good just because the spider was large, but now that I have examined some really good work, I can see some things that would have made it better such as getting really close to shorten the depth of field. The lighting wasn't anything to write home about either. Feel free to tell me what else I did wrong. I suppose that it wouldn't hurt to have a macro lens.