Critique Spider versus Crane Flay/Daddy Longlegs/Jackie Longlegs

[Carlh]

Got some interesting images from the garden, mainly consisting of spiders and Crane Flies/Daddy Longlegs/Jackie Longlegs.

Taken on 600d, neweer tt560 flash, pringles tube, raynox dcr250, 50mm f1.8 shot at F11-F14

This first shot I thought were two crane flies bonking as the action was a bit of thrashing about, but after downloading onto the PC and viewing on a larger screen, imagine my surprise! Spider versus crane fly!

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Thanks for popping in!

 

[Tintin124]

Wow...... simply wow can you do a 100% crop on the eyes of the last one.... @pjm1 is this the sharpness you are looking for?

That lighting is doing you great have you got a shot of the setup as I wasn't sure a pringle diffuser would work on the 50mm and raynox due to lack of length compared to the length of the flash gun.

 

[pjm1]

Looks fantastic! Definitely would be interested to see a 100% crop on the eyes because I've not yet been able to get a really clean, sharp 100% crop on mine.

 

[susiejb]

Hi Carl...they all look amazing, love the action in the first one...well done in catching that one.

 

[Carlh]

I'll pop up a 100% crop in a bit, cheers bryn/paul/susie

 

[Carlh]

107% crop, from an existing JPG so might be a bit cleaner if I cropped it from within camera raw - was hard to see if I was focussing dead on the eyes through the viewfinder, I tend to have both eyes open, I seem to see better - even though one eye is looking through the viewfinder and the other eye isn't. Im just strange. lol

 

[pjm1]

Wow, you've got some amazing detail there Carl and that shot is so much sharper than mine. I need lots more practising! These sorts of shots are pretty inspiring though - thank you.

 

[Carlh]

Wow, you've got some amazing detail there Carl and that shot is so much sharper than mine. I need lots more practising! These sorts of shots are pretty inspiring though - thank you.

you can do it, no sweat

 

[jus_tin]

Great pics Carl, really like #1 quite a different shot and image quality is great!

 

[Carlh]

Great pics Carl, really like #1 quite a different shot and image quality is great!

If I had known it was a fight to the death, I would have hung around for the kill shot but I honestly thought it was a pair of crane flies going for it. Next time I see something like that, I'll stick around and see what happens. Cheers Justin

 

[Littletank]

When using a microscope or even a telescope we were advised to keep both eyes open, it was always very difficult.

 

[Carlh]

When using a microscope or even a telescope we were advised to keep both eyes open, it was always very difficult.

ah, thats why it seems to work better for me, not just me and a funny-eye then lol, glad there's some science behind it somehow!

 

[coopers]

for #2,just enough web showing and the colours are superb.
Clive

 

[IanClark]

Bob on Carl. Your macro gets better by the day

 

[Carlh]

Bob on Carl. Your macro gets better by the day

cheers ian, thats really appreciated

Thanks Clive !