Spider Photographs

[aaronbeck]

hello all,
i have just joined arachnoboards, i'm a big spider fan.

thought some of you may be interested in some photographs i have taken of them, in particular salticids...

check out 'fly tiger' and 'macro asia'

www.apbworks.co.nz

enjoy!

please feel free to pass on the link to anyone you think may be interested,

cheers,
aaron

 

[swatc1h]

simply amazing man, good job. lolz i liked the jumpy ones.

 

[Gordon]

Great pictures! What kind of camera do you use??

 

[smellyocheese]

Stunning pictures!

amazing colours in this one: http://www.apbworks.co.nz/ft_07.htm

hehe. spidey has a mohawk http://www.apbworks.co.nz/ft_16.htm

 

[Crotalus]

Wow! Great pictures!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[aaronbeck]

i use a canon 300d, with the kit lens (18-55 ef-s) reversed on a custom made adapter. it works as well as any setup i have ever tried, including canon's mpe-65 dedicated macro lens (which is supposedly the best you can get)...

i highly recomend this setup, if anyone is interested let me know and i'll post a thread on what it is and how it works. nothing can come close in terms of price and mag-range. cost me about NZ$150 and goes from life size to 5x life size... and is bright and compact!

 

[Gordon]

@aaronbeck

Thank you for this description. I am working with Nikon D50 and a 105mm macro-lens. My flash is Sunpak Auto DX 12R Ring light.

For smaller subjects I use aditional the Kenko Extension Tube Set (68mm). So i reach 3x life size.

My pictures are ok, but it seems to me, that yours have the better quality.
Some examples of my pictures can be found here:
http://www.hiendsociety.com/igt/php/gallery.php?hm=3&sub1=2&sub2=1&sub3=0

 

[Stefanie]

Hello,
I saw your posting about your photograph collection and wanted to hear more about it. I produce a documentary series for the History Channel called Cities of the Underworld. We are working on a piece for our website where our host, Don Wildman, visits the Notebaert Nature Museum to learn more about spiders. I am looking for any cool photographs of Brown Recluse & Black Widow spiders to include in the piece. If you have any images in your collection I would love to speak with you about them.

Best,

Stefanie

323-644-6144 Ext. 173
Stefanie@authentictv.com

 

[LasidoraGT]

i love jumpers! u guys r lucky, i have a vivitar vivicam 30x and u guys have high powered ones and can take close ups

 

[Sabatta]

Those are some of the best pictures I have ever seen! I so want a new camera now.

I love the title you gave this one:
http://www.apbworks.co.nz/00594.htm

This guy looks sneaky. He's up to something...
http://www.apbworks.co.nz/ft_01.htm

 

[Tunedbeat]

Fantastic photos!

 

[macjizzle]

simply awesome.

 

[-Sarah-]

Just incredible photos, Aaron! They're simply amazing :clap: Canon does a great job, don't they? Keep up the good work!

-Sarah

 

[Feelers]

Awesome pics, I'm a NZer also am I'm quite interested in

the kit lens (18-55 ef-s) reversed on a custom made adapter.

Could you please explain this a bit further?

Also have you photographed any NZ spiders? I have seen huntsmans which are quite impressive when they are big (although not native).

I agree about the clarity of the images, spectacular. :drool:

 

[DJThinK]

Seriously, those were some NICE photos! They are now a part of my screen saver. Thank you so much for sharing.
-DJThinK