Anubis' Picture Thread

[Anubis77]

I've been posting a lot recently, so I thought I should prove that I actually keep tarantulas.

Brachypelma boehmei
Female, post-molt

Brachypelma boehmei
Female, premolt

Grammostola pulchripes
Male

Avicularia versicolor
One of 11

Pamphobeteus antinous
Female

Grammostola pulchripes
Mature male; my first spider

Brachypelma boehmei
Immature female

Chilobrachys sp. "guangxiensis"
7" female prior to losing legs I and II on the right side

Sericopelma rubronitens
6" Female

Aphonopelma sp. "chalcodes" exuvia

Aphonopelma behlei
Immature female

Psalmopoeus irminia

Avicularia versicolor
Getting in touch with his forerunner.

Holothele incei
One of five living together.

I may post more with less emphasis on composition later.

 

[J.huff23]

Beautiful! Whats your camera set up?

 

[NevularScorpion]

nice micro shots

 

[Anubis77]

Beautiful! Whats your camera set up?

Canon S5 IS with a Raynox DCR-250 macro lens. An SLR would be nice to work with, but I try to improvise with what I have.

 

[Assassin]

Wow!!!!! Awesome pictures!!!!

 

[Anubis77]

Focus stacking. First time I've done it.

Brachypelma albopilosum

Acanthoscurria geniculata

Pamphobeteus antinous

Poecilotheria pederseni

 

[mcluskyisms]

Awesome photos!!!

I want a macro lens :drool:

 

[Abby]

Awesome pictures

 

[Nicole]

Amazing pics! :worship:

 

[Anubis77]

Thanks everyone.

More focus stacking:

It's a tedious process, especially when the spider moves before you manage to get the necessary shots, but definitely worth it when the depth of field is tiny.

I'm most satisfied with the P. pederseni in the previous post as far as giving it a full focus out of 16 narrow DOF images.

 

[H. rodriguez]

WOW! Those are AMAZING pictures! Love the fireleg!

 

[Dangergirl]

Hey ! What programme are you using to do the focus stacking ? Played around with Helicon but it's still got a lot of bugs in the programme

 

[Anubis77]

Hey ! What programme are you using to do the focus stacking ? Played around with Helicon but it's still got a lot of bugs in the programme

Photoshop CS4. Stack layers, auto-align, auto-blend. Easier to use than Helicon Focus.

One I forgot. The above tarsal claws are hers. Best looking tarsi of any spider I have, really.

Some earlier ones without focus stacking:

Aphonopelma chalcodes

 

[Terry D]

Now that's some utterly amazing macro-shots!! :worship: Woohoo!

Terry

 

[Dangergirl]

Thanks I'll give it a try Awesome photos.