E' GADS!

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Wed May 10, 2006 6:31 pm

This "was

" on my bathroom wall!

Potty Macro (All over the place )
Canon EOS 20D Auto
Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Flash (built-in)
1/60 sec. @ f/4 ISO 400

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Wed May 10, 2006 6:54 pm

Outrageous illumination! This is so cool!!

I haven't seen such great work with shadows since one of those old horror programs...

"Picture, if you will, a doubling of your nightmare's limbs, as your mind twists in tortured fascination..."

--Rik

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Wed May 10, 2006 7:03 pm

Gee, thanks Rik!

Feel sort'a bad now though, for throwing that flip-flop at it and killing it.

Managed to save a leg or two, to put under the microscope later on though. Don't know where the rest of it went.

Beetleman · Post by **Beetleman** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:39 am

Verrry spooky picture. I really hate these kind of spiders...nothing cute about them. If they are in their web and you disturb them, they start shaking and rocking on the web....very freaky and their legs come off very easily. Ken, I give them the flip-flop every time.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu May 11, 2006 3:18 pm

Thanks Doug.

Thats an evil looking spider isn't it? Not as cute as say the jumpers. The jumpers are the only ones I have really warmed up to, they seem to have such personality. As for these, yep they will get the flip flop, boots, fly swatter, tire iron...well you get the picture.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Thu May 11, 2006 10:32 pm

Ken,

I keep coming back to this photo.

I really am fascinated by the shadow pattern.

You've got one set of crisp, intense shadows, that must be cast by the on-camera flash, that just perfectly mimic the legs that they are shadows of.

And then you've got that other set, much less intense and farther offset so they actually look like shadows, that must be cast by a ceiling light.

I know you probably didn't plan this, but if you did ... nice job

--Rik

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri May 12, 2006 2:32 am

Rik said:

I know you probably didn't plan this, but if you did ... nice job

No it wasn't planned Rik, at least the lighting anyway. I just thought I would grab a shot of the thing before I put it away.

I know that spiders serve a purpose in keeping insects under control but I have never observed these doing anything but building unwanted webs around the house that I have never seen an insect in.

Glad you like the shot though but it was quite by accident

Wim van Egmond · Post by **Wim van Egmond** » Fri May 12, 2006 9:15 am

Nice image! But why are you all so negative about spiders??? Spiders are great! I once wrote a little article about this daddy long legs spider (sorry for the self promotion: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/spi ... lcus1.html ) And this one is pretty interesting. How they hold their egg packages.

One interestign point. They feed on otehr spiders! So if you hate spiders you should love these!

But perhaps you should do some portraits of jumping spiders, they are cute!

Wim

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri May 12, 2006 3:51 pm

My fear of spiders goes back a long way Wim.

I think it has something to do with those big hairy tarantula movies back in the late 50's or early 60's, I was born in 51. Of course I still like monster spider movies but no one makes them any more, well except for "It," (S. King)

Anyway, read your little article, interesting bit there. So that explains why I see no bugs in their webs. O.k. so I will give them a break but I am keeping a close eye on them.

Thanks Wim