Big & Hairy - C & C Appreciated

[obecanobe]

This fellow was found under some bark in the woodlands at Dryandra (Western Australia).
My son and I reckon from toe to toe he would have been around the 100mm mark.
The close working distance of the 60mm macro lens witha 20mm extension tube had me wishing I had got the 100mm as I really don't like spiders :cry .
We call them Huntsmen over here.
Any comments welcome.

[snowalker]

I don't like spiders too. Too creepy! Anyway your picture is in a good focus I think. The only problem I see (I can be wrong) is the framing. To close to catch all the creature and too far to be a micro. Is just my opinion.

[obecanobe]

Cropped version

[Skippy]

This fellow was found under some bark in the woodlands at Dryandra (Western Australia).
My son and I reckon from toe to toe he would have been around the 100mm mark.
The close working distance of the 60mm macro lens witha 20mm extension tube had me wishing I had got the 100mm as I really don't like spiders :cry .
We call them Huntsmen over here.
Any comments welcome.

You know Geoff it's worse when you come home from work and find one of those on your bedroom wall :rofl

That's happened to me a couple of times now, man they can run them things.... but I never kill them, I catch them and put them outside.

They're just an awesome size, I think it's the size of them that pumps the fear into you when you come across one, quite intimidating.

Great shot :clap .... Skippy :D
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[stevehapp]

nice geoff.

btw i dont mind spiders, but i am scared of snakes.. :huh

[Giphsub]

Huntsman spiders are very gentle things. They rarely bite, and are not particularly poisonous. We used to get them in our old house on the walls. We nick-named them all Harry. Every so often you'd hear someone calling out "Harry' back!!" :lol3

Cool picture :thumb

[Lord Vetinari]

Lovely capture - Have to admit, think I'd be a bit nervous of those fangs.
Brian V.

[obecanobe]

Thanks to everyone for the encouraging comments :barb

[Akardis]

What a great shot. I think I like the cropped version best. :)

We have tarantulas where I live but none of the kind in your picture (at least I HOPE not lol) I think I would be in the same position.. I would WANT to take the picture but I am afraid of spiders too so I don't know if I could be that brave. Great shot!

[cyclejoc]

Geoff,

Nice capture! Lots of detail. Thanks for sharing.

[GOLDENORFE]

good shots, good job we dont get them here in uk!
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

[obecanobe]

Phil, Jonathon, Akardis
Thanks very much for your comments.
They're a fairly common site over here.