Papilio's photo thread

[Storm76]

Some nice new additions there, Michael! Gald you didn't get any effects from that possible "bite". Great pictures once again!

 

[CEC]

Great pics of the new additions, Michael! Your photos give the spiders an amazing electric property, the spider's "hairs" look like little lightning bolts! You have a very unique style and you might have to change your thread title to "Electric Spider Land".:biggrin:

 

[papilio]

Some nice new additions there, Michael! Gald you didn't get any effects from that possible "bite". Great pictures once again!

Thanks Jan!
I wasn't too concerned.

Great pics of the new additions, Michael! Your photos give the spiders an amazing electric property, the spider's "hairs" look like little lightning bolts! You have a very unique style and you might have to change your thread title to "Electric Spider Land".:biggrin:

LOL Thanks Chase!
I'll have to give that some serious thought if it continues! hehe




I figured I needed better shots of the beautiful M. balfouri sling.

Happy holidays everyone!!





















Monocentropus balfouri, 0.5-inch sling by _papilio, on Flickr

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

Absolutely stunning shots!

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Haha, I love the C. Sp. "Sumatra Tiger" shots. Glad to hear that you had no ill effects from the bite.:biggrin:

 

[Storm76]

Happy Holidays, Michael ! That balfouri is nearly translucent still

 

[Eldric]

Gorgeous pics Michael!

 

[dactylus]

Beautiful shots Michael!!

Happy Holidays!


:smile:

 

[Oreo]

Incredible photos! Saw all your pics while at work today...really amazing shots! Ts must line up at your door for their turn at a shoot. My favorites have to be the H. mac, subfusca, and P. pulcher sling. Perhaps L. violaceopes will be making an appearance in the future?

 

[papilio]

Absolutely stunning shots!

Thanks a lot freedumbdclxvi, I appreciate it!

Haha, I love the C. Sp. "Sumatra Tiger" shots. Glad to hear that you had no ill effects from the bite.:biggrin:

Thank you Jason! So how potent is their venom at this size?

Happy Holidays, Michael ! That balfouri is nearly translucent still

Thanks a lot Jan! Funny, it wasn't even the same sling!

Gorgeous pics Michael!

Thank you Beth!

Beautiful shots Michael!!

Happy Holidays!


:smile:

Thank a lot David!!

Incredible photos! Saw all your pics while at work today...really amazing shots! Ts must line up at your door for their turn at a shoot. My favorites have to be the H. mac, subfusca, and P. pulcher sling. Perhaps L. violaceopes will be making an appearance in the future?

Thank you Oreo, always nice to hear! Believe me, a line of waiting Ts would be a dream for me!!
L. vioaceopes is high on my list ... a good friend of mine has a MF, so hopefully ... !




I was trying to get some shots of the Ts carrying their food around, usually they drag it out of the vial with them. Didn't work this time. But I love photographing my new slings!
























Holothele incei "gold", 0.75-inch sling by _papilio, on Flickr
















Monocentropus balfouri, 0.5-inch sling by _papilio, on Flickr

 

[grayzone]

very cool.
Like the spinnerettes with webbing photo of the H. incei "gold", and the headless cricket VS. balfouri sling amazing shots

 

[papilio]

My favorites have to be the H. mac, subfusca, and P. pulcher sling.

Oreo, I forgot to reply to this bit, but we are of the same mind ... my own three favorites as well!! I don't know, maybe it shows ... ?

very cool.
Like the spinnerettes with webbing photo of the H. incei "gold", and the headless cricket VS. balfouri sling amazing shots

Thanks a bunch steven! Still bummed I couldn't get them to eat ... nearly guarantees interesting shots every time.





I happened to come across this shot in its full-frame version this evening, I've always liked the way the foot looks against Chad's dried lake-bed so I thought I'd do a detail crop of it.


Avicularia juruensis, 1.5-inch sling, v.2 by _papilio, on Flickr


I'm always amazed by how well they get on together. hehe


Poecilotheria regalis juvies, 3.5 inches by _papilio, on Flickr


(Before I get up to my ears in hot water, I'd better admit that this was just an experiment in superimposing a whole bunch of images of the same spider on the branch. )

 

[Storm76]

LOL - great picture with the juvie Poecies! How long did it take to get them all back into their respective enclosure(s)?

 

[papilio]

LOL - great picture with the juvie Poecies! How long did it take to get them all back into their respective enclosure(s)?

Thanks Jan! Uhm, not long since it's all the same spider! Just trying an experiment.






















Poecilotheria regalis juvie, 3.5 inches by _papilio, on Flickr

 

[CEC]

Great new shots Michael! Nice little camera trick, you could make a lot of people jealous using a rare and/or expensive T!

p.s. HA! I guess every spider is communal at your house!

 

[papilio]

Great new shots Michael! Nice little camera trick, you could make a lot of people jealous using a rare and/or expensive T!

p.s. HA! I guess every spider is communal at your house!

LOL Thanks Chase!!
Yeah when nobody's here with me to see, I usually just let all the spiders free to roam in my communal apt.




Maybe if I can convince my emilia that she's an arboreal she'll quit hairing me ...





















Brachypelma emilia female, 5-inch by _papilio, on Flickr



Happy New Year everyone!!

 

[papilio]

These detail crops are for Jason and concrete, to show the lovely, subtle hues and textures which can be seen with a large diffuser -- in this case a ten-inch square about 8 inches above the spider. At the AB size of 800px these are something like 70% full resolution ... much is lost online at the smaller sizes of normal crops or full-frame images.










Poecilotheria regalis juvie, 3.5 inches by _papilio, on Flickr

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Beautiful shots, Michael! I can't wait till I'm able to take such awesome pictures. Thanks for showing me what I can look forward to!

 

[papilio]

Beautiful shots, Michael! I can't wait till I'm able to take such awesome pictures. Thanks for showing me what I can look forward to!

Thanks Jason! You're doing awesome already!!



Bear with me for a bit, getting used to working on a new monitor and the colors are very different from the other one ... I'd guess these may look oversaturated in the reds on most PCs. Let me know, thanks!

[Edit] Oh wow, I just checked out the post on another PC, I need to redo the pulcher shots! Didn't realize they'd be so messed up. LOL









Pterinochilus murinus adult female, 6 inch, 'OBT' Orange Bitey Thing by _papilio, on Flickr

 

[concrete]

A bit on the red side in a couple of those full body shots on Dell U2711. Otherwise, still friggin amazing! What monitor did you get?