Rabbit Hutch Spider

Leebert · 1 Mar 2015

Whilst clearing out the garage I found this chap. It's a Rabbit hutch spider - a member of the False Widow group of spiders I believe.
It's been a while since I have had the macro lens out in anger and I was a bit rusty. Luckily, this chap was happy to pose for the camera

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Rabbit Hutch Spider by MrLeebert, on Flickr[/URL]

Tintin124 · 1 Mar 2015

Very nice find... the lighting is very harsh what did you use?

But focus and composition is spot on.

TimmyG · 1 Mar 2015

Very nice, great angle and I love the reflection. Agree with Bryn, it would benefit from some light diffusion.

alfbranch · 1 Mar 2015

Nice
The harshness could be reduced by by lifting the shoadows a bit and reducing the highlights.

Lee you need to adjust your Flickr settings I justed downloaded the full size image.

Leebert · 2 Mar 2015

Tintin124 said:
Very nice find... the lighting is very harsh what did you use?

But focus and composition is spot on.

TimmyG said:
Very nice, great angle and I love the reflection. Agree with Bryn, it would benefit from some light diffusion.

alfbranch said:
Nice
The harshness could be reduced by by lifting the shoadows a bit and reducing the highlights.

Lee you need to adjust your Flickr settings I justed downloaded the full size image.

Thank you for taking the time to comment

The flash was a manual off camera one from above and in front. The spider was in a Tupperware box tipped on it's side (with the other side of the box acting as a diffuser). I think the position of the flash hasn't helped and it should have been lower down. I'll spend a bit of time in LR to see if I can reduce the harshness.

Many thanks for the heads up on my Flickr account. Hopefully, I have sorted that now

G.K.Jnr. · 2 Mar 2015

Nice shot Lee, not really much I can add to the other comments other than looking forward to seeing some more of your work.

George.

Leebert · 4 Mar 2015

G.K.Jnr. said:
Nice shot Lee, not really much I can add to the other comments other than looking forward to seeing some more of your work.

George.

Thanks very much for your comment

I gave the image a tweak in LR and reduced the clarity and had a play with the highlights and shadows. Comparing the two together, this one looks a little washed out but on it's own I think it looks okay.

Rabbit Hutch Spider by MrLeebert, on Flickr