|
Post by Bien Gutierrez on Jan 14, 2008 12:05:23 GMT
Those 8 legged creatures that have been misunderstood and made subject of horror movies.
|
|
|
Post by Bien Gutierrez on Jan 14, 2008 12:31:57 GMT
|
|
|
Post by Eric Patdu on Jan 14, 2008 15:30:14 GMT
Nice spider macros. I love your photos with prey. Great details. Here's my contribution to this thread: My very first macro of a jumper spider on the base of my car's antenna. This one is highly cropped and the background is noisy: Taken on Nov. 24, 2006 with a Canon Powershot A630, 1/50 sec, f/2.8 An even tinier jumper that won't quit moving and keeps jumping on my camera lens: Taken on Oct. 12, 2007 with a Canon Powershot A630, 1/60 sec, f/3.5
|
|
|
Post by Neon Rosell II on Jan 14, 2008 15:40:09 GMT
Wooohaa!! Great captures Bien!! I was first planing to go macro before the bird bug got me ;D..looks like I'll be pursuing macro photography again....if I can't go birding ;D
Cheers,
Neon
|
|
|
Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 14, 2008 18:19:25 GMT
Nice 8-legged little monsters, Bien and Eric! Here's my attempt to get 2x lifesize - 40D + 100 2.8 USM macro + Sigma 2x TC. ;D Romy
|
|
|
Post by Bien Gutierrez on Jan 15, 2008 2:14:03 GMT
Thanks thanks guys! The beauty of macro photography is that you don't have to do far and wide, subjects abount nearby! (Reads tamad ako, hehehe) Here's a jumper a saw yesterday.
|
|
|
Post by Adri Constantino on Jan 15, 2008 23:04:43 GMT
These shots were taken in UP using my handy P&S FinePix: And this one in our home in Bulacan: more on adri97.multiply.comAdri Let's go birding!
|
|
|
Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 16, 2008 10:17:39 GMT
Nice shots of odd-looking spiders, Adri.... haven't seen these "in insect" (as opposed to in person) myself.... ;D Romy These shots were taken in UP using my handy P&S FinePix: And this one in our home in Bulacan: more on adri97.multiply.comAdri Let's go birding!
|
|
|
Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 16, 2008 10:20:45 GMT
Another nice shot, Bien... would love to see bigger pics from your MP-E65, at full 5x! ;D Thanks thanks guys! The beauty of macro photography is that you don't have to do far and wide, subjects abount nearby! (Reads tamad ako, hehehe) Here's a jumper a saw yesterday.
|
|
|
Post by Bien Gutierrez on Jan 17, 2008 2:45:41 GMT
Romy, I'm still working up to the 5x level with subjects in the wild. Working distance is only 1.6 inches, and the gear has to be beanbag or tripod mounted. Meanwhile, here's another jumper at around 3X, one of the non advertised denizens at the Manila Zoo. and a 1200x800 version at www.pbase.com/image/91762107/original
|
|
|
Post by Bien Gutierrez on Jan 22, 2008 9:18:27 GMT
Bushy Eyebrows - Intellectual look?
|
|
|
Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 23, 2008 2:07:40 GMT
Wow.... that's really close.... how many eyes, 4 or 6?
Good that we don't have that many eyes.... it would cost a fortune for ladies to use eye shadow and liner.... ;D
|
|
|
Post by Lydia Robledo on Jan 23, 2008 5:55:46 GMT
RE: COMPOUND EYES- I don't use eye make-up but I am glad I only have two eyes. Oh how I wish I can regain my normal vision till the rest of my remaining life! FYI. "The eyes of butterflies are large spherical structures. These are compound eyes consisting of thousands of hexagonal shaped omatidea. Each omatidea, or miniscule sensor, is directed at a slightly different angle from the others. Collectively they are directed in every direction -- up, down, forwards, backwards, left and right. Because of this, butterflies are able to see in virtually every direction simultaneously. There is a price to pay for having an exceedingly small brain and omnivision. Butterflies cannot focus their vision as what they see is at best a blur. Furthermore, they are sensitive to only the three most basic features of vision which would be light, color and motion. Butterflies can distinguish night from day. They might distinguish color along a very narrow band of the light spectrum. Hence a butterfly might see and feed from the nectar of a purple flower but be oblivious to the red flower nearby. Butterflies are also sensitive to movement. When you try to catch a butterfly with your hand, it won't think, "Here comes Billies' hand". It would however be aware that something big out there is moving, getting closer and it's time to fly. " (from the Butterfly Farm web page) FOCUS. How important it is to remain focused! With 2 eyes, it is much easier. But I'd also want to have good 4sight.
|
|