Papilio's photo thread

[awiec]

Nice to see some P. sp Purple love. I'm not sure why more people don't have them, they aren't very expensive or hard to keep.

 

[papilio]

Neon orange setae, now that is cool!

Seems like quite a few slings have them, they really pop under the strobe.

Awesome Lampropelma shots! Is it one I hatched?

P.S. Happy belated birthday!

Yep that's yours.

A very belated thank you, Chad!! :worship:

Wow, I've missed a lot!! Lovely as always. I've been slacking.

Thank you Jacqueline!

lol So have I!!

Nice to see some P. sp Purple love. I'm not sure why more people don't have them, they aren't very expensive or hard to keep.

I need to get some fresh pics, it's a lot more colorful since its last molt.





Wow, hadn't realized how long it had been since I posted to my thread! :O
I've been getting used to some new equipment, working on stacking technique ... and have become totally obsessed with mantids!! :biggrin:

A couple of my mantis threads ...
[thread=263165]New Idolomantis diabolica, L2[/thread]
[thread=265223]Idolomantis ... insane growth! Feeding-time series[/thread]




My little Pampho molted a few days ago, really quite a stunner suddenly.


Pamphobeteus sp. "Platyomma", juvie male

















































Thanks for looking!

 

[Storm76]

Very velvety colors. Great pictures as usual, buddy!

 

[papilio]

Very velvety colors. Great pictures as usual, buddy!

Thanks Jan! These have really lovely textures.






... and here's the male Platy's girlfriend.


Pamphobeteus sp. "Platyomma", juvie female










































Poecilotheria subfusca exuvia

10X focus stack, Mitutoyo objective, 230 images

 

[papilio]

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, 1-inch sling

 

[papilio]

I figured I'd better make an appearance here before my thread gets too buried! I've been much more focused on taking photos and videos of the incredible mantids which I've recently gotten into.



These are just a few shots I took for a friend who brought some of his Ts by.


Grammostola pulchra














Avicularia metallica








Thanks for looking!

 

[CEC]

Very nice, Michael! I'm sure you will have many more pics to share after the meet next weekend. I hope you bring a mantid or two, so I can see how they've grown.

 

[awiec]

I know tarantulas do not have "true hair" but those pictures made that pulchra look so fluffy and cuddly.

 

[Storm76]

Premolt Avic or MM?

 

[papilio]

Very nice, Michael! I'm sure you will have many more pics to share after the meet next weekend. I hope you bring a mantid or two, so I can see how they've grown.

Thanks Chase. I guess this reply is a bit late, but it was a great weekend!

I know tarantulas do not have "true hair" but those pictures made that pulchra look so fluffy and cuddly.

I thought the same, very nice T!

Premolt Avic or MM?

Not sure Jan, I took those pics for a friend of mine,







Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, 1.25-inch sling













The GBB pics above were taken using a monopod, and I discovered that with this support, while the view may move around the frame a bit from shot to shot, the viewing angle remained constant enough that many of the images were stackable. So I shot this first pulcher sling intentionally as a stack of about 30 images and it worked fairly well.

All of the photos following it are normal single images shot at f/32.


Psalmopoeus pulcher sling, 1.25-inch

 

[Storm76]

LOVE the shot with the webbing coming from the spinnerets!

 

[advan]

Very nice Michael! I need to get back to shooting slings!

 

[Fyrwulf]

Your pics are like 'shroom trips without the 'shrooms. The colors are just incredible and that fact that you can make a 2D image look almost 3D is even more so. Professional grade work, sir.

 

[papilio]

LOVE the shot with the webbing coming from the spinnerets!

Thanks a lot Jan!

Very nice Michael! I need to get back to shooting slings!

Thanks Chad! Glad you did, those H. incei photos are unbelievable!!

Your pics are like 'shroom trips without the 'shrooms. The colors are just incredible and that fact that you can make a 2D image look almost 3D is even more so. Professional grade work, sir.

Thanks much Fyrwulf, very nice of you to say!




Here's a new, very pretty T I picked up last weekend at our MinnVerts party.


Poecilotheria ornata, 5-inch female

 

[Biollantefan54]

Your pictures are amazing, the quality is just astounding! Do you have any amblypygids? I would love to see pictures of this quality of those invertebrates! (well......any invertebrate....and more tarantulas!)

 

[viper69]

First shot of the pulcher..WOW.

How'd you get that ornata to sit still for a bit, and transfer her out/in etc?

 

[Azarath]

You simply MUST tell me what camera you use.

 

[Biollantefan54]

This is my favorite picture so far lol

 

[viper69]

You simply MUST tell me what camera you use.

He uses a Kodak Brownie.

 

[awiec]

This is my favorite picture so far lol

The claws even have claws