Macro DSLR Speed Challenge #21 Spiders

[BASmith]

Macro DSLR Speed Challenge #21

Spiders



You all know what they are, what they do. You know many people just get the willies looking at one. Yet they are some of the most delicate art work makers ever known to man spinning the strongest material pound for pound on this Earth.

So, your "Challenge" this week includes them. You can take a photo of them in a web or out of a web, just moseying about in the wild or trapped indoors. But what I really encourage is "Closeness", as thats what it's all about....

New, or previously taken is fine, just please make sure we have not seen it before. As I visit these forums quite regularly, I'll know if I seen it.

So be creative kids, capture my eye with the Best of The Best.

Good luck One and All entrants.




Standard Rules apply:
Photo Submissions:

1. Camera - Any Canon DSLR camera
2. Lens - Any lens, or attachment that can give Macro (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=779256&postcount=2) photos (ex. extension tubes, bellows, macro filters, reverse mounted lens and of course a true macro lens.).
3. Time - any on-topic photo taken at any time is eligible, although photos that have won other competitions should NOT be entered.
4. Size - Please see the Image posting rules (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=194511).
5. Post-Processing - do whatever you like and the host will decide if it works.
6. Posting -
* ONE MACRO PHOTO (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=779256&postcount=2) per photographer in each challenge.
* Photo Name/Title in the message.
* Camera model & lens used in the message.
* Post brief Exif data including ISO, shutter speed and aperture used in the message.
* Notes - anything you feel you need to explain.
7. Commenting - No commenting during challenge. When the posting is closed and a winner has been declared, comments can be made in this thread.
8. Questions - Use PM
9. Have FUN! :smile:

One challenge every week, on the following schedule:

* New Topic - After winner is declared.
* Posting Starts - Right after topic is announced.
* Posting Ends - 9 PM CST Saturday April 18,2009. Winner will be announced shortly thereafter.
* Winner from this competition decides the theme of the next one (and judges it for a winner) after this competition is closed.


Here is a link to our previous Macro DSLR Speed Challenge winners http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=606993 <-- click to see

[Lester Wareham]

20D
MP-E 65mm
Manual ISO 100, 1/250, f8, Twin Flash
Wolf Spider standing on the end of a leaf stalk, about 3:1

http://www.zen20934.zen.co.uk/temp/Insects%20Spider%20K%20002%2005-08%20140309.jpg

[S7000]

Lynx Spider

400D|MP-E
ISO100
f/13
1/160

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3466/3397906799_08f7b2a5e5_b.jpg

[John_B]

Here is one I grabbed two days ago ;)

Spider Look
http://johnbdigital.com/macro/spider_look.jpg

Technical Details
for Spider Look

Camera - Canon EOS 40D
Film / Media - SanDisk Ultra II 2.0GB
Lens - Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8
Shooting Mode - Manual
Tv( Shutter Speed ) - 1/250th sec
Av( Aperture Value ) - F/13
Metering Mode - Spot
ISO Speed - 200
Focal Length - 65mm set at 3x
Flash - On
Flash Type - External E-TTL 580ex
White Balance - Cloudy
AF Mode - Manual
Color Space - sRGB
Camera set to Jpeg only

[drchrisdvm2009]

Not Count Dracula, but fangs nevertheless (Tarantula fangs [Didn't want to get too much closer {trying to get over arachnophobia} :-D ])

Camera: XSi
Lens: Sigma 150mm 2.8 Macro 1:1
Flash: 580 EX II set to E-TTL
f: 6.3
Shutter: 1/40
ISO: 100

[monty28428]

40D, f/11, 1/250, iso640

[BASmith]

Win goes to............

Lester Wareham

What an excellent pose. It just creeped me out.


Nice shots all.

[Lester Wareham]

Many thanks. :)

[John_B]

Congrats Lester Wareham :)
I think your the first moderator to win the Macro DSLR Speed Challenge ;)

[monty28428]

Congrats Lester!!

Nice take on it everybody.

[John_B]

For those wondering here is the next macro challenge.

Macro DSLR Speed Challenge #22
"Balance"
click to see and/or participate (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=7768454)

[pennypue]

Congrats Lester!

I have to say, I loved Monty's. That little green guy made me laugh hanging out upside down. Nice, very nice. A good giggle always gets me.

Only saw ONE spider all week...and it was ON me and I didn't have my camera. Thought about squishing it and bringin' it home for a little photo shoot........

[lavanut]

Great shot Lester. Nice focus, lighting, DOF and composition.

Drchrisdvm, yours really creeped me out. I salute you for getting that close to one of those things.

Monty, I have to ask... was that a PS merged photo? As Pennypue said, he was a cute little guy, but something on the DOF didn't seem to mesh between him and the leaf. Maybe it's just my eyes.

No time for me to play with the camera this past week. I was trying to nurse one of my 18 year old kitties back to health. He scared me last week. I thought I was going to lose him a couple of times, but he's rebounding pretty well, thank goodness!

[monty28428]

Monty, I have to ask... was that a PS merged photo? As Pennypue said, he was a cute little guy, but something on the DOF didn't seem to mesh between him and the leaf. Maybe it's just my eyes.



A quick and dirty job with the "Dust and Scratches" filter -- was trying to get one up before the contest finished (I realize now I was a day late anyway!!!)

[Chopper Al]

Great work everyone and congrats Lester Wareham.

Having a fear of spiders, this contest just freaked the heck out of me. And having arachnophobia, my main question is, "Where the heck did you find these things??!!!??" (and please don't tell me in your backyard). I definitely want to avoid those places...;)

Skin still crawling...
Al

[brecklundin]

Great work everyone and congrats Lester Wareham.

Having a fear of spiders, this contest just freaked the heck out of me. And having arachnophobia, my main question is, "Where the heck did you find these things??!!!??" (and please don't tell me in your backyard). I definitely want to avoid those places...;)

Skin still crawling...
Al

Actually spiders are one of the most commonly found critters on the planet...if I dismember correctly there are something around 10,000 spiders per acre. Look in dense bushes, around the eves of your house, all manner of places.

I found a couple but, hey w/o an MPE it's really tough to get the ones I found. They wuz teeeeny and I killed the last big black one I found living in the bedroom, I actually HEARD the thing jump from a shelf when it landed on some paper, that is not gonna help their survival rate around here...killed that leetle bastage with a shoe from 20' away!! Yes, I am creeped out by spiders... :D I know they are so very important but, well, something between the size of a quarter and half-dollar is NOT going to live if I find it in the house...ever! :evil:

BTW, I make myself watch Arachnophobia at least once a year because if I was in that basement covered in spiders, I would just die then and there...

And CONGRATS to Lester...your shots are ALWAYS so wonderful...and this one was really interesting and I loved the title!

BTW, Monty...ya missed out with the perfect title "Gravity Works??" ;)

[gcflora]

20D
MP-E 65mm
Manual ISO 100, 1/250, f8, Twin Flash
Wolf Spider standing on the end of a leaf stalk, about 3:1

Is this attempt ok? (I am new to this macro thing):

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6vdPqp2Fxq4/ShX_cm12WwI/AAAAAAAAAE4/MN1oGLbnBxo/s720/Miturga%20sp_20090522-001.jpg

[Daniel2000]

good pic but it is a weekly contest... that ended

* Posting Ends - 9 PM CST Saturday April 18,2009.

[gcflora]

good pic but it is a weekly contest... that ended
Oops, I apologise :oops:

[Daniel2000]

no harm done... ;)