Along Came a Spider (x2 Pics)

[Skippy]

I got a spider, I got a spider whooohoooooooo!!!!!! :clap :clap
I love it when someone gives me a new bug :D

This spider was given to me by one of the Computer Guys at work, he lives on a property right by a Nature Reserve, so he gets all kind of spiders and bugs around his house, I begged him to take my bug catcher home and bring me back a little buddy to photograph :): and he did.

I don't know the name of the spider, but its legs look way too big for it's body, like they are over sized and out of proportion to the spiders body, I let it go the day after it was given to me :D

Shots were taken with a Canon 20D, Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro, Aperature Mode, hand held, Natural light........... enjoy :D Skippy (Australia)

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Ozzie_Skip/Canon%2020D%20dgrin/SpiderLrg2_filtered.jpg

[windoze]

absolutely wonderful!!!!!

[QUOTE=Skippy]I got a spider, I got a spider whooohoooooooo!!!!!! :clap :clap
I love it when someone gives me a new bug :D

This spider was given to me by one of the Computer Guys at work, he lives on a property right by a Nature Reserve, so he gets all kind of spiders and bugs around his house, I begged him to take my bug catcher home and bring me back a little buddy to photograph :): and he did.

I don't know the name of the spider, but its legs look way too big for it's body, like they are over sized and out of proportion to the spiders body, I let it go the day after it was given to me :D

Shots were taken with a Canon 20D, Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro, Aperature Mode, hand held, Natural light........... enjoy :D Skippy (Australia)

[Skippy]

[QUOTE=windoze]absolutely wonderful!!!!!

I'm really happy with the Canon 100mm Macro, the more I use it the more I feel comfortable with it, I'm really getting the hang of it Troy, the bigger the bug the easier they are to photograph is what I am finding :D

Did you notice I cleaned my sensor???? :clap
All by myself :wink is this a happy face :D < ---- or is this a happy face :rofl

Now all I need is more bugs :lol

[micknewton]

Great shots Skippy! Did you take the photos while it was captive, or after you let it go?

[MuskyDude]

Whoa those are cool! I can't wait to get a "real" macro lens and try stuff like this. Thanks for sharing!


AJ

[Phil U.]

I got a spider, I got a spider whooohoooooooo!!!!!! :clap :clap

Skippy! These are SWEET! Very sharp, nice light, exellent exposure, and good DOF. Not to mention an really cool looking subject.

[digismile]

You win:D

You're bugs in Australia are way scarier than the bugs we have here!

Is this one poisonous?

[gus]

Nice work skip :thumb

Thats a female wolf spider. Not very poisonous but in certain conditions i have seen 50-100 in one back yard. They live burrows & the best way to lure them out is to jiggle a bit of grass down their hole...it drives them crazy & they come flying out looking for a fight....make sure you get a slippery bit of grass.

[Steve Cavigliano]

Skippy,

Nice ones :thumb :thumb

I replied to your thread over at STF :D

Hey, nice move with Simon :clap I hope he comes over, at least for a visit :D



Thanks for posting these super macros of this big ugly......lol

Steve

[Andy]

that's no spider it's a monster :uhoh my god it's *gross*
you amaze me, girlie :lol3

congrats, nice job.
sorry i blew off your last pm and i don't have it anymore :cry

[sash]

way cool, skippy! the last little spider i found went straight down the dunnee :lol3 if that's how you spell it... had an australian bio teacher some 16 years ago who taught us that?

shots like these have me craving a macro lens! hey, and congrats on your cleaning too :clap

sash

[Skippy]

Great shots Skippy! Did you take the photos while it was captive, or after you let it go?
I took them after I let it go........I was given the spider while I was at work, and because I work late, I let him sit on the kitchen bench in his contain, (which is actually quite big) over night.

I took him outside in the morning in an area where it didn't matter if he ran because there was only grass and I could keep taking pictures of him, he was very very co-operative :D

I never keep bugs longer than 2 days, if I can't get the shot I want, too bad, my loss, I let them go.

Usually I do shoot them inside the house, but this one was very very active and I figured I would be wasting my time trying to do it, so I didn't even attempt it. .......... Skippy (Australia)

[Skippy]

Whoa those are cool! I can't wait to get a "real" macro lens and try stuff like this. Thanks for sharing!

AJ
The Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro is a wonderful piece of glass I tell you.
When your trying to get in real close it will sometimes Hunt, but if that continues, I simply switch it to Manual, the lens is very easy to hand focus.

I really love this lens, it's not just restricted to Macro either thats the other good thing about it :D Skippy (Australia)

[bfjr]

#2 exactly what my nightmare was about last night :lol4
great stuff :thumb

[Skippy]

Skippy! These are SWEET! Very sharp, nice light, exellent exposure, and good DOF. Not to mention an really cool looking subject.
I'm lucky that the people I work with know I enjoy this type of photography, and will often bring something in for me to photograph.

I will take my bug container back to work today and give it to the Computer Guy to take home again and find me another bug :)

The Canon handles very well indeed, I have not been disappointed even when I stuff up, the stuff ups have great potention too :D

Thank you for your kind words ..... Skippy (Australia)

[Skippy]

You win:D

You're bugs in Australia are way scarier than the bugs we have here!

Is this one poisonous?
Ohhhhhhhh yeah the bugs here will rip your bloody arms off NOT :lol
They only look scarey cause it's a close up, these spiders blend in very well with their surroundings, when I was first given the spider my first thought was wow you can clearly see it's eyes :clap it's those eyes that make a great photo.

We do have poisonous spiders here in Australia, but you rarely hear of people dying from bites these days............ Skippy (Australia)

[Skippy]

Nice work skip :thumb

Thats a female wolf spider. Not very poisonous but in certain conditions i have seen 50-100 in one back yard. They live burrows & the best way to lure them out is to jiggle a bit of grass down their hole...it drives them crazy & they come flying out looking for a fight....make sure you get a slippery bit of grass.
Ha Ha Ha .........funny you should say make sure you have slippery grass, the grass was indeed wet when I let the spider go :rofl

I'd love to find more spiders, but it just aint happening at my place :dunno

Thanks for looking........ Skippy (Australia)

[Skippy]

Skippy,

Nice ones :thumb :thumb

I replied to your thread over at STF :D

Hey, nice move with Simon :clap I hope he comes over, at least for a visit :D


Thanks for posting these super macros of this big ugly......lol

Steve
Thanks Steve........... if only I had a never ending supply of bugs, now how cool would that be :lust I'd love it :D Skippy (Australia)

[Skippy]

that's no spider it's a monster :uhoh my god it's *gross*
you amaze me, girlie :lol3

congrats, nice job.
sorry i blew off your last pm and i don't have it anymore :cry
Thats okay Andy....... I know your a busy man.

Awwwwww don't you think my spidy has a cute faced :huh l sorta didn't know what eye to look at :lol4 trust me I was looking at all them wondering where he was gonna try to escape to.

Take Care Andy......... Skippy (Australia)

[Skippy]

way cool, skippy! the last little spider i found went straight down the dunnee :lol3 if that's how you spell it... had an australian bio teacher some 16 years ago who taught us that?

shots like these have me craving a macro lens! hey, and congrats on your cleaning too :clap

sash
Cleaning my sensor was more scarey than the spider my friend .
You flushed it :flush you do know that spiders can swim don't ya :wink and walk on water too for that matter :lol4 ya might wanna check under the seat next time ya need to go :lol . Take Care Sash...... Skippy (Australia)

[rahmonster]

Wow great shot Skippy! I have bumped into one of these before...It was creepy to say the least...I was jumping out of my skin every time something brushed past me for a week:uhoh Oh the drama of being australian. Hey I've got plenty of bugs at my house for you:wink Come and get as many as you like!

[Skippy]

#2 exactly what my nightmare was about last night :lol4
great stuff :thumb
I love finding new spiders, didn't have to find this one someone gave it to me :D
Funny........ I don't dream of spiders and such, I often dream I can fly though.

I was given the spider while I was at work so you can just imagine the reaction I got when I took it into the office where I work with 14 other women :rofl

I don't know why they freak out, I mean gosh it's in a very secure container, not like I leave the lid off or anything..........hey that's a thought :D

Skippy (Australia)

[Skippy]

Wow great shot Skippy! I have bumped into one of these before...It was creepy to say the least...I was jumping out of my skin every time something brushed past me for a week:uhoh Oh the drama of being australian. Hey I've got plenty of bugs at my house for you:wink Come and get as many as you like!
Ohhhhhh coolness, send em over :clap
They frighten me too those big ones, I'm okay with them as long as they don't actually get on me :rofl I just make sure I have everything I need to get the shot, including my little dental tools which come in so handy when needing to move bugs without touching or hurting them.

I hope someone can find another scorpion for me to photograph with this new gear.........thanks for looking........ Skippy (Australia)

[Khaos]

:clap :clap Yeah, I'd say you were comfortable with that 100.:rolleyes Awesome stuff!:thumb

[gus]

Skip...a safer way to get them out of their holes (than the jiggling grass method) is to get an eye dropper & put a tad of metho down the hole. They dont like the fumes & will come out & stand very still for a min or 2. The metho wont harm them as long as you only use a few drops.

[sash]

Cleaning my sensor was more scarey than the spider my friend .
You flushed it :flush you do know that spiders can swim don't ya :wink and walk on water too for that matter :lol4 ya might wanna check under the seat next time ya need to go :lol . Take Care Sash...... Skippy (Australia)it would had to have been the david copperfield of spiders to fight its way out of a big wad of tissue while going down :lol3

sash

[Skippy]

:clap :clap Yeah, I'd say you were comfortable with that 100.:rolleyes Awesome stuff!:thumb

I really do love the lens, and it does perform well, it's just time getting used to the camera, it's settings and the different lenses :D

I always look forward to finding a new bug :D
Thanks for looking ..... Skippy (Australia)

[Skippy]

Skip...a safer way to get them out of their holes (than the jiggling grass method) is to get an eye dropper & put a tad of metho down the hole. They dont like the fumes & will come out & stand very still for a min or 2. The metho wont harm them as long as you only use a few drops.

I noticed a heap of Trap Door holes and lids around the side of the house, might give that a try around there , thanks for the tip :thumb
Skippy (Australia)