Tarantulas in bright vs natural light?

[drainbran]

Hello fellow spider enthusiasts!

Can I see your tarantulas (or other spoods, I don't care) in bright light vs natural light?
I just yesterday took comparison pictures of Mudcrab. He is a D.diamantinensis.

Here's the comparison:

 

[viper69]

I have no idea what bright light is. Nor what each panel is in your pic, should have labeled that.

Natural light can be bright!

 

[bonewax]

Tarantula appearance in photos is definitely heavily influenced by the lighting. The brightness, color temperature, and angle can dramatically alter the colors the camera picks up.

 

[viper69]

Tarantula appearance in photos is definitely heavily influenced by the lighting. The brightness, color temperature, and angle can dramatically alter the colors the camera picks up.

1,000%

 

[drainbran]

Bright light is if a light is on in/on top of the enclosure or picture taken with flash.
(Left one)
Natural light is just what is in that part of the room without any extra light.

 

[fcat]

I only have a red bulb (like a photography dark room) in my T room. My pictures would be pretty boring but my Ts seem to appreciate it

 

[Mike41793]

Bright light is if a light is on in/on top of the enclosure or picture taken with flash.
(Left one)
Natural light is just what is in that part of the room without any extra light.

It looks like in the natural light pic the lights coming from a window behind the spider. If it was facing the light source it might come out a little better. Natural vs artificial light definitely matters but so does the direction of the light source lol

 

[Motherofspiders112707]

I keep my tarantulas and other spoods fairly dark. There’s usually a lamp near them but otherwise there’s no added light in the shelves. I just moved my P. Cambridgei to a brighter spot, but the first picture is of her in a dimmer area. The second is of my M. Balfouri sling that I took in the bathroom, so not the same spider but you can still see the difference

 

[sparticus]

Hello fellow spider enthusiasts!

Can I see your tarantulas (or other spoods, I don't care) in bright light vs natural light?
I just yesterday took comparison pictures of Mudcrab. He is a D.diamantinensis.

Here's the comparison:
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Good observation!
Blue in tarantulas is interesting because it is not a result of pigment but structural color. So if the light is coming from behind the spider, it's not reflected in the same way and you will not be able to see the color in the same way. Structural color is super cool, and as a general rule there are very few blue pigments in nature, so almost all blue in animals (with only a couple exceptions) are blue as a result of structural color. Irridescent colors are structural color as well. I would recommend looking it up and reading about it more, it's a really cool phenomenon.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Not much light in a basement. Big female Phampho.
Vs camera flash on.

 

[Andrew Clayton]

Freshly matured Aphonopelma Chalcodes No Flash


With flash




Chilobrachys Sp Kaeng Krachan sling No Flash


With flash




Amazonius Burgessi sling No flash


With flash




Freshly moulted Lasiodora Parahybana No Flash


With Flash