spider in my bath

I've not been around for a while
been messing arounbd with my new telescope
but I found this little critter in the bath so i thought i'd post it

Sigma 105 macro @ F/11, 1/200 sec ISo 100 with ringflash set at 1:4 ratio on the bulbs

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Now see what you been missing. The stars will always be there, but beasts are just here for a moment. You haven't forgotten anything, very nice capture. What telescope did you get?

thanks dennis
I got a meade etx 90 with autostar computer thingy
and an adapter for my camera..............so i've still been taking photos..........

loads of new stuff to learn....
here's a pic of it
(the bracket on the top is also for piggy backing the camera)

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Great Job, Alan, glad to see you're back. Now, he wasnt taking a bath with you was he?

thanks BE nah wasn't takin a bath with me............... seeing as its winter here there's no bugs around so thats why i've been AWOL..... this one must have been hiding from the cold

Checmical, nice capture, nice scope to. astrophotography is something way different. check out this site. Just like here. very friendly and alot of info.http://www.njnightsky.​com

Hey Alan, I wondered what had happened to you! Can you actually see stars at the mo' with the great weather you're having (or are you spying on your neighbours)?

Nice to see you haven't lost your touch!

ooh like the telescope.
Excellent house spider capture too
Brian V.

thanks for the link JR#8......... lotta good info on that site........... i see you've got a 10 inch lsx200 ........ooooooohhhhhh (my little scope pales in comparison to one of those babies)............. so far i've got some great shots of the moon (easy to expose those) most of my attempts at the other planets (jupiter, saturn, mars) have been pretty rubbish , but i'm getting there ... also trying to learn registax and working my way thru starry night pro...... just so much new info to take in.. but i'm really enjoying my new hobby (I have wanted a decent telescope since i was a kid, and didn't want to spend massive amounts of money (like you had to for yours )....so the etx 90 seemed like a good compromise... its a nice little scope for the money) The meade lunar/planetary imager is on my xmasw list too

i don't know what i would do if i saw a giant like that. either pass out or never come inside that bathroom again! but NEVER never never would it cross my mind to take a photo. congrats on being brave!

LOL i wasn't brave......... spiders are cool and this one wasn't really big at all........... about 1.5cm at most....

the 90 is a great scope. Ive looked thru plenty of them at star parties. I got the 10" because it was the one I wanted. Astrophotography is way harder. The LPI is cool too but there again practice.

Excellent shot Alan..

New macro lens eh ?

Regards

um no kallousa........i've had the macro lens for about 4 months now....
unless you mean the telescope thats only good for macros of the moon