Spiders!!!!!!

[sirsloop]

Shots taken with my Canon Rebel XTi and EF 35mm f/2.0 lens, reversed on the body. These spiders look huge, but they are about 1/8" long!!!

http://photos.tallmanphoto.com/photos/104593205-L.jpg

http://photos.tallmanphoto.com/photos/104593301-L.jpg

http://photos.tallmanphoto.com/photos/104593402-L.jpg

http://photos.tallmanphoto.com/photos/104593492-L.jpg

http://photos.tallmanphoto.com/photos/104593686-L.jpg

http://photos.tallmanphoto.com/photos/104593831-L.jpg

[Dick on Aruba]

Very nice series, well done! :thumb

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

[justME]

:thumb Their just beautiful and your shots are fantastic. Fun to see them so close..errha so far! Well done.

[Awais Yaqub]

Loved them very nice

[Bayer-Z28]

Crab Spider? I like those little guys. Neat to watch. How did you get him to sit still long enough? Amazinly close! Nice work!:thumb

[sirsloop]

The first one wasnt very cooperative. He let me get three photos, then took off on me. I the other guy was a little better, but I ended up corralling him a bunch with a twig.

I believe both of them are a vatiety of jumping spider.

[sirsloop]

I believe the one with more of the photos is a "Marpissa muscosa"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marpissa_muscosa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Marpissa_muscosa_front_%28aka%29.jpg

[Harryb]

Outstanding shot, excellent details. :thumb

[schmoo]

AARGHH!! They're staring at me!!:rofl

Great shots! I love how you can see your reflection in the last two.

[greenpea]

Amazing pictures!

How far away from the spider were you?

[sirsloop]

The 35mm lens focus's around 4" from the subject. The DOF is impossibly thin wide open, but is manageble at f/8 or so