Creepy Crawly


Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO: 200

This is way out of my norm and my comfort zone. Not a spider fan and if memory serves correcty this is my first macro of any kind of bug like creature. I used my 50mm lens and 68mm of extension tubs — I really should buy a proper macro lens.

Category: Photography
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21 Responses to “Creepy Crawly”

  1. Flickr: Concrete Cowboy / Paul {taking a break} says:
    May 29, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    scary !

  2. Flickr: boxjf1966 says:
    May 29, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    Awesome !!! :)

  3. Flickr: CPMcGann says:
    May 29, 2010 at 9:10 pm

    Now that’s a macro! You’re brave :)

  4. Flickr: Scottish Rose says:
    May 29, 2010 at 9:30 pm

    yuk!

  5. Flickr: Louis Abate says:
    May 29, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    Oh my. That is seriously way closer than I would every want to be to a spider. Was it alive?
    If that’s what you can get out of your 50 and Kenkos, I don’t really know if you need to rush out for a dedicated macro.

  6. Flickr: jeff_golden says:
    May 29, 2010 at 10:34 pm

    Yup it’s alive. I was coaxing it around on the table to get it to the point where I could get my light on (I had a 430exii in slave mode camera left on the table triggered by my 7d in master mode) it and shoot it before it ran off. It finally sat still long enough for me to focus (which with tubes means move my camera, and by extension my face, closer) and I got this. I did try to use my 70-200 (so i could stay further back) lens with the tubes but I couldn’t get in close enough and the spider wasn’t big enough in the frame for me. So I went to the 50mm… I had to get closer than I liked but I think it was more concerned with getting away from me than jumping me :)

  7. Flickr: fleabo says:
    May 29, 2010 at 11:00 pm

    ok, I haven’t looked at this too much, it’s nearly bedtime and I’ll have nightmares. From what I remember of the glimpse I got, excellent job getting the crisp focus.

  8. Flickr: Louis Abate says:
    May 29, 2010 at 11:25 pm

    Brave! Spiders freak me out.

  9. Flickr: Rantz says:
    May 30, 2010 at 12:07 am

    Oh Jeff – this is magnficent – what a grand, grand shot.
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  10. Flickr: Irene2005 says:
    May 30, 2010 at 1:38 am

    This is superb! Not that I am a spider fan, but details are fantastic. And he is looking straight into the camera! :-)

  11. Flickr: ​favourite waste of time​ says:
    May 30, 2010 at 3:32 am

    okay — that is just a little creepy!!!

  12. Flickr: lupinehorror says:
    May 30, 2010 at 7:03 am

    aarrgghhhhh….

  13. Flickr: SolarScot. says:
    May 30, 2010 at 9:35 am

    quickly faved….goodbye!!

    Thank you for sharing with ClanFlickr

  14. Flickr: AreKev says:
    May 30, 2010 at 2:40 pm

    Very nice… a stunning capture !!

  15. Flickr: chewie2008~ says:
    May 30, 2010 at 4:01 pm

    Damn that’s scary up close!

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  16. Flickr: GregDouglas says:
    May 30, 2010 at 11:21 pm

    That is close Jeff :-) )

    Scary amount of detail – well done fella.

  17. Flickr: DaddyNewt says:
    May 31, 2010 at 12:29 am

    Great macro!

  18. Flickr: Lisa{santacrewsgirl} says:
    May 31, 2010 at 1:56 am

    why did you get that close!!!!!

  19. Flickr: redrocker_9 says:
    May 31, 2010 at 6:10 pm

    Geez Jeff, that is entirely too close no matter how any extensions you have!

  20. Flickr: tree_climber says:
    June 1, 2010 at 7:35 pm

    This is, by far, the scariest thing I’ve seen so far this year. Nice job! ;-)

  21. Flickr: R11S says:
    October 20, 2010 at 8:16 pm

    Haha! Yikes!!