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CyclicalCore In reply to Fictasy [2014-09-28 02:27:36 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I was totally amazed by this one was well!  And it wasn't even with my macro lens, these guys are so big

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Fictasy In reply to CyclicalCore [2014-09-28 04:46:33 +0000 UTC]

Wow! How large are they, on your best estimate?

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CyclicalCore In reply to Fictasy [2014-09-29 13:27:05 +0000 UTC]

Maybe 1cm body, 2-3 cm with legs?

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Fictasy In reply to CyclicalCore [2014-09-29 15:42:20 +0000 UTC]

That is rather large.

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CyclicalCore In reply to tanikel [2014-02-07 02:17:56 +0000 UTC]

Heh heh.  It was a 300mm lens and cropped, but I did hit the minimum focusing distance (~4ft) Much smaller and less scary than those golden-silk orbweavers

Thanks!

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tanikel In reply to CyclicalCore [2014-02-07 14:52:07 +0000 UTC]

Great minds think alike. I do the same thing with those monsters.

I found out how sturdy those webs are the hard way. Got a face full of one when I was chasing my grandma's steer.

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CyclicalCore In reply to tanikel [2014-02-07 18:15:33 +0000 UTC]

LOL, even tiny webs in my face drive me crazy!

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tanikel In reply to CyclicalCore [2014-02-07 20:02:32 +0000 UTC]

I always imagine that they're going to be mad at me for destroying their home and attack my face when I do that. But I have to problem picking up crab sliders and daddy long legs. Go figure.

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CyclicalCore In reply to tanikel [2014-02-08 05:07:45 +0000 UTC]

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CyclicalCore In reply to snidhi [2014-02-05 23:51:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, it was a great subject

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CyclicalCore In reply to K0alaAZ [2014-01-28 15:27:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I was very happy with it

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CyclicalCore In reply to teetotally [2014-01-24 02:55:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I was really excited to get this picture

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teetotally In reply to CyclicalCore [2014-01-24 03:05:40 +0000 UTC]

it's absolutely stunning. I've never seen them 'at work'.. with the tiny spider silk threads coming out of their.. arse? ... I'm no big fan of spiders but this is gorgeous

congrats on the shot, excellent eye (and reflexes?)... the colours and composition rock too.

perfect

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CyclicalCore In reply to teetotally [2014-01-24 16:04:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much again

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CyclicalCore In reply to VoadorChama [2014-01-23 14:29:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! The difficulty was 1: The wind blowing the spider/web so auto-focus was tricky, 2: Hitting the minimum focusing distance on the lens so autofocus would fail, and 3: The spider being so small in the viewfinder that auto-focus had trouble finding it as it blew around.

So I have like 40 shots of this spider and at least half are out of focus

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VoadorChama In reply to CyclicalCore [2014-01-23 16:52:48 +0000 UTC]

That's the fun bit of photography; getting 50 bad shots of something to find that one good shot. Takes a lot of persistence, for sure. Spiders, especially; they jerk all over the place.

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CyclicalCore In reply to VoadorChama [2014-01-23 17:24:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks again I wish I had pulled out the macro lens for this but I was testing out my new telephoto lens.  The "softness" still looks appealing in this picture though

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