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Published: 2010-12-31 15:30:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 1020; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 0
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More Spiders:-I finally found a jumping spider in my yard! I was determined not to shoot them because EVERYONE who shoots little creatures uploads these little guys but they are so cute and they interact with you. They seriously pose for the camera . . . . well no, they don't, they are probably just inquisitive but it FEELS like they are posing and I couldn't get enough of him.
He was up too high so I had to hold the leaf down in one hand and shoot with the other, not easy . . . damn me leaving my tripod bracket in another photographer's bag! He didn't seem to mind me continually moving the leaf and never jumped away from me in the 15 minutes I spent playing with him.
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We have a ton of jumping spiders. They really are undeterred even if they are smaller than your pinky nail. They'll even jump on my finger (since I try to put them on a bush for a more natural photo. It's funny when they put their front legs up to try and intimidate you....
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aww so cute! i guess i'm not the only one that likes the cute little critters called 'spiders'
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I love the composition and the amazing details O_O And yes, they look so cute >.<
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I've always thought spiders were cool to look at. As long as they were at least 1m away from me or didn't jump around! But these 2 new shots add to their coolness.
Been wanting a macro lens for months and this isn't helping.
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They are heaps of fun to photograph and the jumping spider is so small it wouldn't freak me out if he jumped at me. I had a big garden orb run very fast onto my lens not so long ago, just as well the setup was on a tripod or I'd have dropped the whole kit I think, getting him off the lens proved a challenge.
If you don't want to blow $550 on a macro lens you could always do the reverse lens trick on a cheaper lens, say the EF 50mm 1.8, they only cost $110 on eBay, then slap on an adapter and you can play.
[link]
Warning . . . . very addictive and people look at you strange when you are staring into trees and bushes for long periods of time!!
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I've been looking at getting the Tamron 90mm macro lens for a while. I've been quoted around $450-$500 at a few camera places.
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ooooh thanks! Well I do have my nikon 1.8 50mm lens. I paid about $220 for it. Though wish I knew more trustworthy places to get them from. Do you know where I can pick up an adapter from?
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Mmm, seeing as it's worth $220, taken into consideration that the guts of the lens will be exposed once you reverse it so maybe that's too nice a lens to use. Then again, I read somewhere that you can get a UV filter on the end somehow, can't remember how but that would protect it.
Do you know anyone who isn't using any of their old gear? You could easily use an old lens, it wouldn't have to be for a DSLR, it could just be an SLR lens, because you loose autofocus and often aperture control (defeating the purpose if you can control it as it's especially important in macro) and so on anyway and an old lens will have an aperture ring so you'd be able to manually control the aperture, none of my new lenses have aperture rings.
On this guys blog [link] he's used an adaptor of Amazon, but you'll get one on eBay, say if you are using a 52mm thread size for your nikon 1.8, then this should work. If you do a search on google for reverse macro photography you'll also find a lot of people piggyback two lenses together.
I've ordered some cheap bellows with a focusing rail so hopefully that will get a greater magnification and make focusing easier, I have cheap extension tubes but they aren't that great.
At least you'll put your tripod to good use once you start getting into macro!
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thank! I 'll take all those into consideration!
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Great DOF. What camera setup are you using? Jumping spiders are the only invertebrates I actually have an interest in.
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Thank you! For this shot I'm using a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM shot wide open on f/2.8 on the Canon 5D MK II . . . . I was actually lazy here and should have shot with a smaller aperture but didn't have my tripod mount on me so opted for the easier option of going wide open so I could hand hold for the shot.
Jumper spiders are adorable . . . . . they are quote inquisitive.
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