Some of Apophis' pics

[Apophis]

and one crappy pic:

 

[seanbond]

also one of my fav threads!

 

[Apophis]

Thanks Sean!

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Sick shot of the molting ornata :clap:

 

[boba.killswitch]

Hi, I'm new here and your topic is the first I ever checked here. I'm pretty impressed by your collection, but at the same time I wonder why you don't have some other common species like c. cyaneopubescens, b. boehmi...
As soon as I become better photographer than you (read: NEVER!) I'll post pics of my collection.

 

[Apophis]

Thanks guys!

@boba.killswitch: Most of the more "common" species are new world species. And those usually possess urticating setae. And since i have become pretty allergic to those I got rid of most of my more common species. O, and i like old world temperament better too :evil:
I do still have one G. rosea though!

 

[M4S73R]

E. murinus - he crushes !!!

 

[Apophis]

 

[TiberiuSahly]

OMG what camera and accesories are you using? The pictures are amazing!!! :clap:
Also gorgeous animals, to say the least!
Regards!

 

[Apophis]

Thanks man!
I don't use anything spectacular actually. I use an old Canon EOS 300D, and most of my pictures are taken with the standard 18-55 mm kitlens, combined with a raynox dcr-250 macrofilter for the closeups. The last closeup of the scolopendra was taken with a Canon EF 50/1.8 lens, also combined with the raynox.

 

[TiberiuSahly]

Excellent! One of my favorite picture threads around!

Regards!

 

[Apophis]

Thanks man!

 

[Apophis]

 

[TiberiuSahly]

Gorgeous pics as always. Love those macros! Magnificent animals, of course!

Regards!

 

[AlainL]

Beautiful pics Sietse:clap:

 

[Thompson08]

I envy your pics! Teach me ;D

 

[Ice Cold Milk]

I envy your pics! Teach me ;D

Agreed---
I like the lighting of your pics better than anyone's... what method are you using? (lol, i don't have the bandwidth here in SA to go through your other posts to see if you've already posted it!!)

EDIT: Aha!! found it!! I haven't used my light tent yet with my new flash... (used to use just high-wattage yellow light with my tent...time to start experimenting!)

The lighting is actually all flash. I just bounced the light of the onboard flash with a piece of white cardboard upward inside a "portable mini photostudio". which than works as a bit as a lighttent. I hope you understand what I mean, since english is not my first language.

 

[Apophis]

Thanks guys!! :worship:

EDIT: Aha!! found it!!

That's still the way I light my pictures. It does however take ALOT of expirimenting to get the results you want! There really is a *poo*load of variables. I'm still struggeling with my whitebalance. The closer I get to the spider, the more yellow/red my pics turn out to be :?

 

[Tunedbeat]

Thanks guys!! :worship:





That's still the way I light my pictures. It does however take ALOT of expirimenting to get the results you want! There really is a *poo*load of variables. I'm still struggeling with my whitebalance. The closer I get to the spider, the more yellow/red my pics turn out to be :?

Set white balance manually depending on your lighting source. Some of your photos are too warm, this can be easily adjusted in post processing also. Anyways, keep up the outstanding work! :clap:

 

[Apophis]

Thanks Tunedbeat!
The problem is that the outcome is really unpredictable with that little makeshift lighting "technique" that I'm using (really, you should see it, you'll laugh your behind off!)
Moving my camera like 2" closer/further away will completely change the color temperature. So manually setting the whitebalance won't do me any good I'm affraid. Time to get to know Photoshop a little better
Thanks again for the comment, I really appreciate the feedback!