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day 15. slice of life. wolf spider
day 15. slice of life. wolf spider
roz


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Collection: INSECT MACROS +other SMALL CREATURES
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: on the bathroom floor
Date: Oct 15, 2007
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 14, 2007

Viewed: 647
Comments: 12
Favorites: 2 (view)

 i found this spider on our bathroom floor last night which in my ignorance i thought was a huntsman .. anyway i cant see anything, just about, without thinking of photographing it .. obviously i was thinking of the macro challenge but none of the photographs i took were good enough in my opinion ..
i got a plastic container with a lid and put the spider inside with a bit'v water thinking i'd get something better today .. i didnt think he'd escape like the wood beetle did .. but in the morning he was gone .. they must be very strong for their size ..
this was taken with the camera flash before i put him in the container ..
very simple process boosted the white tiles with adjustment layer in selective colour .. a touch of lucisart to give a bit'v contrast and sharpness .. cloned out some stray hairs ..
about spiders

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 01/13/2009 07:13:16 PM
FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!!

Me likey!! :)
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 10/16/2007 02:37:39 PM
Holy crap! I have always wanted to visit Australia but now I am not so sure! LOL Great macro.
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 10/15/2007 11:29:37 PM
Amazing
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 10/15/2007 09:38:22 AM
Yeah , Roz- should have entered it ! Scary hairy thing !
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 10/15/2007 02:35:24 AM
This is a phenominal macro - I'm with Scalvert on this one - you should have entered it! Though how you got one of these guys to stay still long enough to take this good of a shot, I'll never know. Awesome.
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 10/14/2007 11:33:38 PM
Would you look at the face on this guy!!! He actually looks like he might be really soft though, if you could manage to avoid all of those prickly looking parts sticking up. Ewww...what am I talking about??? I wouldn't get anywhere near close enough to pet this mini monster. You are a brave soul, Roz, and thanks so much for the comfortable, safe-from-our-home computer monitor viewing.
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 10/14/2007 11:30:38 PM
Dang, Roz! I'm sure glad I didn't try to enter any of my feeble attempts at macro -- these make me glad I decided to sit out this challenge. I don't have a macro lens, so getting shots like this is impossible!

You are GOOD!

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 10/14/2007 11:03:05 PM
I do believe this is an excellent macro.....
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 10/14/2007 08:57:10 PM
Yowza - awesome shot!! Nice detail - he sure is creepy!
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 10/14/2007 08:44:19 PM
wow..i agree..would have been a gret macro shot!
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 10/14/2007 07:55:22 PM
Bad news, Roz.... this was definitely good enough for Macro. ;-)
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 10/14/2007 07:27:14 PM
If I found this spider in my bathroom at night it wouldn't look like this. Nice photo, don't know how you do it.
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