Jumping Spider Macro Shots...C'mon and look, they're cool!

[zkogut]

Hi Everybody,

I went came home on my lunch break and decided to look out on the back of my house for Jumping Spiders. I found one gorgeous black and white one, captured it and now I have photographs. These were my favorite shots of the 34 or so I took. I tried some more intense lighting kind of like a Spider Man movie might be lite lol. Let me know if you think the light looks good or bad for these shots.

-Zak

[flashback]

Love jumpers, these are all good shots but for me, #1, the little guy looks embarrassed.

[zkogut]

Love jumpers, these are all good shots but for me, #1, the little guy looks embarrassed.

Haha your right she does. I think jumpers are probably my favorite since they have friendly eyes.

[IzzieK]

You could have zoomed and crop some more like how David does with him...more close-up, aspect ratio crop...all good shots...love them all.....

[James G]

Zak, these are excellent captures. Lighting is fine, it's always difficult getting enough onto such a small subject. As a matter of interest how large are these? In the UK the jumpers I see are around 1-2 mm in size, which, combined with the ability to move at supersonic rates makes them challenging.

[zkogut]

Zak, these are excellent captures. Lighting is fine, it's always difficult getting enough onto such a small subject. As a matter of interest how large are these? In the UK the jumpers I see are around 1-2 mm in size, which, combined with the ability to move at supersonic rates makes them challenging.

Yeah you're dead on with that. This one was 2mm maybe 3mm. She stayed still for a few seconds every time she'd jump.

[Gayathrie Senaratne]

nice captures....

[Shadowman]

Nice captures.

[gregj1763]

Great images Zak, +1 to Izzie's closer crop comment

[bnnrcn]

All nice shots, my best is #2