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flamin lib

(14,559 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2020, 02:24 PM Jun 2020

Found this little guy in the backyard while weeding. [View all]

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Brought him in, refrigerated him for 15 minutes and posed him on my tablet screen. Used my standard macro setup; 60mm macro with on camera flash with softbox. Once you get the lighting right the setup is so easy. Turn the flash on, set fstop to 22 and move in 'till the subject is in focus. Beautiful consistent light.

When finished I put him back where I found him and watched him warm up before scurrying away.

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Found this little guy in the backyard while weeding. [View all] flamin lib Jun 2020 OP

Incredible!! Docreed2003 Jun 2020 #1

Sure glad they are only about inch long, instead of five feet. olegramps Jun 2020 #49

Little guy? True Blue American Jun 2020 #2

Yeah, only 1/2 inch long and wide! nt flamin lib Jun 2020 #4

Looked like he was True Blue American Jun 2020 #5

Looks like a big ass spider to me n/t. airplaneman Jun 2020 #42

Thanks for tonight's nightmare! Sanity Claws Jun 2020 #3

None at all. flamin lib Jun 2020 #7

😂 MLAA Jun 2020 #11

Nor arachnologist. ;) nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2020 #31

Yay! Star Trek reference! Collimator Jun 2020 #38

Exactly. nt littlemissmartypants Jun 2020 #23

Any idea what kind spider he/she is? MLAA Jun 2020 #6

See #7 flamin lib Jun 2020 #9

So,... we thought this was a science class,... just photography taught here. magicarpet Jun 2020 #16

If Bill Barr had replaced Jeff Goldblum in "The Fly." dameatball Jun 2020 #8

+++ The Polack MSgt Jun 2020 #54

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! AJT Jun 2020 #10

Perhaps a warning for us anacrophobics?? Maraya1969 Jun 2020 #12

+1K littlemissmartypants Jun 2020 #21

+1,000,000! Canoe52 Jun 2020 #30

Cute. I have always liked spiders. Glorfindel Jun 2020 #13

Nice work. Would love to see a ladybug or something like this -- Hoyt Jun 2020 #14

Don't say stuff like that. flamin lib Jun 2020 #17

Your work is quite good. Hoyt Jun 2020 #18

Thank you. flamin lib Jun 2020 #24

Excellent photos, my dear flamin lib! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #15

Just for you, to soothe your nerves . . . flamin lib Jun 2020 #20

Ah..........thank you! A friendly grasshopper.......not scary at all. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #22

Until they eat your year's crop and you are faced with starvation. olegramps Jun 2020 #50

Wonderful!! Reminds me of Joel Sartore Photo Ark pics IADEMO2004 Jun 2020 #19

That is exceedingly high praise and I am truly not worthy. nt flamin lib Jun 2020 #29

I spent all night one night pulling out furniture and drapes on brown littlemissmartypants Jun 2020 #25

I understand but unless you live in one of the Polar Circles you're never flamin lib Jun 2020 #27

Great image alfredo Jun 2020 #26

Thank you. flamin lib Jun 2020 #28

Brilliantly done. I think she's a Furrow spider Duppers Jun 2020 #32

Right about now, that spider is telling his friend,... LudwigPastorius Jun 2020 #33

No doubt! WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2020 #36

I always wondered where Shelob ended up GeoWilliam750 Jun 2020 #34

Nice work burrowowl Jun 2020 #35

Looks like the offspring of John Bolton and the cown in "It" world wide wally Jun 2020 #37

Great photos! Love the background. I'm going to have to try that with a tablet in the soft box. Nitram Jun 2020 #39

Great photography!!! Beacool Jun 2020 #40

It's definitely not a Wolf Spider. flamin lib Jun 2020 #41

I stand corrected. Beacool Jun 2020 #43

It sorta looked like a brown recluse / fiddleback spider MagickMuffin Jun 2020 #44

I'm only familiar with a half dozen or so spiders, black widows and brown recluse among them. flamin lib Jun 2020 #52

Yeah I grew up around BRs and dad got bit by one MagickMuffin Jun 2020 #53

And sporting a Bolton mustache no less! Zambero Jun 2020 #45

yes, like a push broom! Skittles Jun 2020 #47

I am repelled and fascinated at the same time Skittles Jun 2020 #46

You can show me pictures of snakes all day long. tavernier Jun 2020 #48

Otherway around for me. flamin lib Jun 2020 #57

Nice looking feller..nt CatLady78 Jun 2020 #51

Gorgeous critter and photos Mersky Jun 2020 #55

Maybe in same family but it's not what I've always identified as a Wolf. flamin lib Jun 2020 #56

Can't say that I run into them often Mersky Jun 2020 #58