My spiders.

[basin79]

Those are some beautiful shots! For a spider, they sure have "cute" looking faces.

Super cute spiders. Ridiculously so in fact.

 

[basin79]

Platythomisus octomaculatus

Giving me a look like I've just said the earth is flat.

 

[basin79]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[basin79]

Little stunner.

 

[basin79]

1 of my Sicarius thomisoides.

6 eyed sand spiders look like they have a "face" to me. And to explain this..............

 

[basin79]

Whilst she wasn't ready to come out into the open to show off her new clothes she did stay near the entrance of her funnel for this pic.

 

[basin79]

The way her webbing was I immediately thought of her holding balloons.

Sadly not in focus and even more sad she went straight back in so didn't get the chance to get anymore pics either.

 

[basin79]

Macrothele gigas

Open wide.......

Tootsie knives.

And a green bottle fly that was on my bin in the backyard.

 

[basin79]

This is smart. Well I think so. Just looking back over the pics from Monday and realised I managed to get the hole in the fang that the venom comes out of. Now it isn't focused sadly but it's still clear enough to make out.

 

[mmcguffi]

Your photos (and collection!) are really stunning -- amazing job. Im sure you have listed/explained somewhere within this thread/on this site what your photo setup/process is, but if you could link to me to that post I would very much appreciate that

 

[basin79]

Your photos (and collection!) are really stunning -- amazing job. Im sure you have listed/explained somewhere within this thread/on this site what your photo setup/process is, but if you could link to me to that post I would very much appreciate that

My set up is the Sony a7r iii with their 90mm macro lens. I will say you don't have to spend anywhere near that amount to get amazing pics though.

 

[basin79]

Took these on the 14th of February. As you can see she grew back a missing leg but lost 2 more. I only realised this when I saw her in the open. Thankfully I put a small piece of millet stem behind her to get her on the surface rather than destroy her trapdoor and burrow. I wasn't having her building a new 1 with missing legs so just guided her back to her burrow.

Anyway I checked on her today as she's not been bothering with her crickets for a few weeks. She's moulted and got her legs back with the looks of things.

If you skip past the pics in this video you'll see a slow motion video of her moving.

 

[mmcguffi]

My set up is the Sony a7r iii with their 90mm macro lens. I will say you don't have to spend anywhere near that amount to get amazing pics though.

Nice! Any flash? I have a Canon T3i with the 100mm Canon macro + a very basic flash, but I havent been able to come close to your pictures...

 

[basin79]

Nice! Any flash? I have a Canon T3i with the 100mm Canon macro + a very basic flash, but I havent been able to come close to your pictures...

Aye, Nissin Di700. Are you shooting in manual? Tripod? Editing?

 

[basin79]

 

[basin79]

A little juvenile cellar spider feeding on a 1st instar cricket I dropped in the web.

 

[mmcguffi]

I am still deeply jealous of your beautiful shots

 

[basin79]

I am still deeply jealous of your beautiful shots

Ha ha ha. There's absolutely no reason to be. Jump onto Instagram and see some of the shots that get uploaded. Now they're something to get jealous about.

 

[Crone Returns]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

She looks like she's 1st cousin to a walrus lol

 

[basin79]

She looks like she's 1st cousin to a walrus lol

Well both are cute as buttons.