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I put one of my macro lenses on the Nikon and headed out into the garden to see what was about...
Macro shots from my garden
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Cheers Mal. None of these little fellas will hurt you. I get the spiders jumping all over me when I am trying to take their photos.Those are amazing photos .... can hardly believe !!!!
You must have been scared out of your wits !!!
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Thanks Tony. I haven't used any sprays in the gardens for over 5 years, since I took an appreciation of the little critters that live there. If they come inside the house they are fair game thoughWow! Maybe I understand why my wife asks me to kill all of the bugs in the house
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Now those are just too cool. Thanks for sharing.
I just noticed, upon looking yet again ... you got two shots of the same critter, one with "his" jaws open, another with jaws closed. . Very good !!
You musta talked "him" into posing for you !! . Maybe you held out some cheese !!
Those little guys are fascinating and seem kinda like tiny machines !!!!
How big is the spider in the top picture ... about the size of a 20 cent piece ?
You musta talked "him" into posing for you !! . Maybe you held out some cheese !!
Those little guys are fascinating and seem kinda like tiny machines !!!!
How big is the spider in the top picture ... about the size of a 20 cent piece ?
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Ironwood
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That one is about 15mm (9/16) long. The one in post #3 is about half that size.
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I found a couple more Jumping Spiders this afternoon in the garden.
This one was about 8mm long (5/16")
He wanted to jump onto the back of my hand
Then found this one at the other end of the garden, it was about 12mm (1/2") long.
This one was about 8mm long (5/16")
He wanted to jump onto the back of my hand
Then found this one at the other end of the garden, it was about 12mm (1/2") long.
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Heres another one I took a while ago on my verandah table. This one is called Mopsus Morman, another type of jumping spider.
Same species, different settings and better lighting. Back in 2018.
Same species, different settings and better lighting. Back in 2018.
What incredible bugs ....... I love 'em ....... (believe it or not !!!!!) . !!!!
Fascinating and incredible !! . . Love their eyes .. all of them !!! . . Wish I had more than two eyes ... ... LOL !! . Maybe could do without glasses !!!!
Fascinating and incredible !! . . Love their eyes .. all of them !!! . . Wish I had more than two eyes ...
... LOL !! . Maybe could do without glasses !!!!
Alan Morrison
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Wonderful pictures. Nice being able to have a closer look at nature.
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Wow Brad they all look like they are on steroids,incredible pics my friend,so many thanks for sharing mate.
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Those are some high quality photos! Thanks for sharing
Bamagoldbug
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One of them apparently is wearing sunglasses [emoji851]
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All of those pictures are stunning but for me, the very first one is just phenomenal. It looks like that little critter is looking directly into my head and knows exactly who is scared of who....
mark james
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Awesome photography. Thanks for sharing the pictures, no need to share the actual critters...
Scraper_1
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Wow! Thanks for sharing. Really spectacular shots.
Sylvanite
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Great shots! Until I started playing with macro shots, I never knew just how many spiders there are. The closer you look, the more there are - they are everywhere!
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I have a macro setting on my Canon camera. I spent a few bucks and got a set of four diopters to take macro photos. May I suggest you work on the depth of field so the back of the critters aren't blurred? Those are very good and show what is in the garden and yard.
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Adding- This is with the 4+diopter.
My studio.
My studio.
Ironwood
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double post.
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Cheers Skip. A few years ago, I won a comp with a photo of a female Mopsus Morman ( they look different to the males) The judges comments were just like that last line of yours. I think that spider got into their heads and won me the comp.
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I was the same Eric, until I started to go out into my garden with the macro rig, I didn't appreciate just what was out there. Its a whole other world.
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Hi Mort. I use the Nikon D7100, and an old Nikon AF55D f2.8 macro lens that I got for 100 bucks on ebay. I also have the much more expensive Nikon 105G f2.8 macro lens, but for this type of photography, I prefer what the old lens gives me.
I had a D3100 before I bought the 7100.
One big improvement in the upgrade to the 7100 was how much bigger the viewfinder was, it made a big difference for me, as I handhold the camera, and manually focus through the viewfinder.
The 3100 doesn't have its own focus motor, so it won't auto focus those older lenses, but if you are manually focusing that doesn't matter.
The D3100 is a great little camera, and I took a lot of good photos with it.
johncrane
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wow there Awesome photos Brad! amazing what you can find in an Aussie back yard
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Always plenty to keep a photographer busy around here John.
pshrynk
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Okay, I'll grant you that they aren't deadly. But they are also rather tiny. Being typical wildlife from Australia, though, I am convinced that they are probably wanting to kill you when they get dosed with enough gamma rays...
Beautiful shots.
Beautiful shots.
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My heart actually started beating faster as I looked at those incredible images. They made me nervous. Thanks for sharing.