Hi all, thanks for your kind comments. Sorry for answering so late. But in the mean time you managed to find at least some details on your own and learnd much about photonet (;-)).
I used a Canon lens since Pentax has nothing comparable to that. But it was on my *istD. The trick is that you have to wait for a sunny day after some colder ones which is not hard in German spring. Then the spiders will love to sit and warm up in the sun. You have of course to approach facing the sun. This was the first time I used my selfmade LED-light which helps much since the lens is manual aperture and stoped down you can hardly see anything in the viewfinder. For this frame I took about 8 shots in a row within about 2 minutes and moved the lens slightly back. I thougt the spider has not moved but when I overlaid the single shots I realized that I has done so - the left foreleg has move form the left to the right. In both positions it was quite sharp - I decided to leave both images of the same leg in the frame and since a spider has about 9 or I think 8 feet that fact is hard to notice. Best regards, Hans. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anthony Farr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 2:37 PM > Subject: RE: PESO - Pardosa Portrait > > > > My bad :-( > > > > I still haven't got accustomed to photo.net's changed UI. The details > used > > to load on the display page IIRC, now you need to select a tab, which I > > mostly don't get around to. > > I remember other works by Hans where he used layering and i wanted to see > if > he mentioned it on this one, so i looked. The UI is changed and a PITA if > you ask me! > > > I guess that the sequence setting on the *istD was fast enough to blast > off > > a few frames before the spider moved, if it moved at all. Mostly, > spiders > > are content to sit still and be photographed, the ones that don't > attack, > > that is. > > I suppose the larger spiders may be content not to move, but everytime I > find a cool looking little jumping spider thaey are practically running at > top speed around the place. > > > A colleague of mine once had the 'pleasure' of photographing a Sydney > Funnel > > Web Spider in a studio. It had to be contained in a glass walled > enclosure, > > and repeatedly lunged at the camera. > > I always wanted to photograph one of those. I'll remember the > aggresivness > if I ever come across one the next time I'm in Oz. > > Christian > -- Hans Imglueck +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f�r Mail, Message, More +++ 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail
