Advan's pic thread

[Protectyaaaneck]

Nice shots of great Ts! You're getting very nice clarity on the close-ups.

Exactly this! I wish I could get my pictures to be as clear as yours. The level of detail in these pictures lately is ridiculous. I know I still need to improve on my lighting, but what can I do to get the clarity you and Michael get?

 

[papilio]

Exactly this! I wish I could get my pictures to be as clear as yours. The level of detail in these pictures lately is ridiculous. I know I still need to improve on my lighting, but what can I do to get the clarity you and Michael get?

Practice, practice Jason! LOL

Seriously a great deal has to do with light, the better the diffusion the softer and more subtle the detail is revealed. I'd say though that your photos are already looking pretty great! ... It's not FAIR, dang it! hehe

 

[Silberrücken]

Whooooo! Great shots, Chad! Beautiful colors, clarity, and lighting in all! :worship:

 

[advan]

Nice shots of great Ts! You're getting very nice clarity on the close-ups.

So do you ever sleep or what??!

Thanks Michael! I barely get any sleep! hehe The last page was from last weekend. I had a long day of feeding, rehousing and a nice photo session with many spiders. It literally took all Saturday. Luckily April helped me out with feeding and then the shoot!

Beautiful shots of beautiful T's! Thanks for Panay shots - was wondering what they look like really, now I know Those blueish Chilobrachys look quite interesting to me...

Thanks Jan, that is a 2" male, the full colors aren't in yet and I'm waiting on some others to get bigger.

Exactly this! I wish I could get my pictures to be as clear as yours. The level of detail in these pictures lately is ridiculous. I know I still need to improve on my lighting, but what can I do to get the clarity you and Michael get?

As Michael said. Practice! But there are a lot of things that go into getting the pics(which a lot I still don't fully understand!). Lighting is very important, as is diffusing the flash. Straight flash is good for washing out all the details. This is were diffusing comes in. You can buy a soft box or just make a makeshift one. I was using a cut piece of white computer paper taped to the flash for a while and it worked like a charm! One way to get more DOF(Depth of Field) is turn the F stop up. It lets less light into the lens which is why you will need a more powerful flash then the pop-up on the camera can provide, especially when you are at 1:1 macro.

I hope this helps a little and your pictures are already awesome right out of the box! Keep them coming! -Chad

Whooooo! Great shots, Chad! Beautiful colors, clarity, and lighting in all! :worship:

Thanks Silb! Much appreciated!


First sac of the year!

Cyriocosmus ritae

 

[Bugmom]

Exactly this! I wish I could get my pictures to be as clear as yours. The level of detail in these pictures lately is ridiculous. I know I still need to improve on my lighting, but what can I do to get the clarity you and Michael get?

And how does he keep from having spiders loose in his house lol. I'm afraid to take mine out and photograph them for fear that they will bolt, never to be seen again! Or I'll end up with a spider on my head after it crawled up and over the camera lense. (That would be my luck)

 

[BrettG]

A possible date for your T.gigas just matured

 

[AprilH]

I wish I had gotten there earlier to help you out more. Great shots as always, though. I'm working on my photography skills, but still can't compare to yours.

Congrats again on the eggsac!

 

[advan]

And how does he keep from having spiders loose in his house lol. I'm afraid to take mine out and photograph them for fear that they will bolt, never to be seen again! Or I'll end up with a spider on my head after it crawled up and over the camera lense. (That would be my luck)

Jason is very familiar with pulling them out for sessions. Majority of the species I keep, I wouldn't be able to get pictures of without getting them out. Once you learn to work with them, respect them instead of fear them, you will get more enjoyment out of the hobby. Rehousing and packing even the most defensive specimens is a breeze. I have had the lens slapped by a few different unhappy spiders. hehe Another reason I ditched the reverse ring and went with the 100mm lens.

A possible date for your T.gigas just matured

Nice! Looking like the chunky girl's going to molt soon, keep me updated!

I wish I had gotten there earlier to help you out more. Great shots as always, though. I'm working on my photography skills, but still can't compare to yours.

Congrats again on the eggsac!

You can come help anytime!

Thanks Petri!


Avicularia purpurea

 

[Bugmom]

Jason is very familiar with pulling them out for sessions. Majority of the species I keep, I wouldn't be able to get pictures of without getting them out. Once you learn to work with them, respect them instead of fear them, you will get more enjoyment out of the hobby. Rehousing and packing even the most defensive specimens is a breeze. I have had the lens slapped by a few different unhappy spiders. hehe Another reason I ditched the reverse ring and went with the 100mm lens.

It's more that I don't have a room in my house that's safe for the spiders if they were to run off. I'm more concerned about their safety than mine (but no, I don't want to get tagged, either). Also, the two small dogs would get to any spider they found wandering, so until I have somewhere I can "spider escape proof" then I think they need to stay in their tanks for their own safety.

 

[Storm76]

Cute A. purpurea and conrats on the C. ritae sac, Chad!

 

[BobGrill]

What kind of camera are you using? Was it super-expensive?

 

[advan]

It's more that I don't have a room in my house that's safe for the spiders if they were to run off. I'm more concerned about their safety than mine (but no, I don't want to get tagged, either). Also, the two small dogs would get to any spider they found wandering, so until I have somewhere I can "spider escape proof" then I think they need to stay in their tanks for their own safety.

I understand your concern but there are numerous ways to prevent an escape. The spiders are not always in flight mode and if they are, they tire very quickly. Some times you'll get a very uncooperative specimen but the spider's just having one of those days, try again at a later date.

Cute A. purpurea and congrats on the C. ritae sac, Chad!

Thanks Jan! Pedipalps crossed!

What kind of camera are you using? Was it super-expensive?

Nikon D3100. Nope, probably one of the cheapest DSLR's you can buy.



These have started molting to second instar. This little porker had a younger sibling for lunch.

Poecilotheria regalis

 

[Trogdora]

Pretty regalis! So if this one's been munching on siblings that leaves you with how many?

 

[papilio]

Truly wonderful shots of the P. regalis sling Chad! Very nice. Still have most of the initial 'survivors' left?
Good sound voice of experience in your advice for managing spiders during a photo shoot ... difficult concepts to describe sometimes! :worship:

 

[Storm76]

Natural selection at its best, I guess

 

[dactylus]

Congrats on the ritae sac!! I guess I should keep my FF colony going strong!!




Can I just say that this latest round of photos is outrageously beautiful!!!!!! Keep up the great work!

David

 

[crawltech]

wow, dude,...stepped up your game I see!....

unfrickinbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[advan]

Pretty regalis! So if this one's been munching on siblings that leaves you with how many?

Thanks Jen! As of now, 4.

Truly wonderful shots of the P. regalis sling Chad! Very nice. Still have most of the initial 'survivors' left?
Good sound voice of experience in your advice for managing spiders during a photo shoot ... difficult concepts to describe sometimes! :worship:

Thanks Michael! (See above! )

Natural selection at its best, I guess

Maybe, maybe not!

Congrats on the ritae sac!! I guess I should keep my FF colony going strong!!




Can I just say that this latest round of photos is outrageously beautiful!!!!!! Keep up the great work!

David

Thanks David!


1.0 Lampropelma sp. "Borneo Black"

 

[papilio]

Whoa, where'd this guy come from?! Nice, love the third one.

 

[Storm76]

Aww, this one looks so cute