I am an American baby boomer with varied interests and I consider myself to be a new-comer to photography, especially digital photography. Since getting my Nikon 7900 in '04, I have become rather interested in capturing wildflower and small critter close-up images: thus most of my postings are of those subjects, but occasionally I do find other things that either interest me or I just feel compelled to share, lol. I use a point and shoot Nikon 7900 coolpix digital camera and I am usually within a few inches of my subjects. I seldom use a tripod. My camera has very few manual adjustments so most of the time I have it set to "macro" mode. With this setting, I get a 7.8mm lens with an f stop of 4.8 and aperture speed of around 1/50-1/100 of a sec. I do my digital editing using Paint Shop Pro XI as the primary program with some usage of a few specialized features in Photoshop 7. I appreciate all comments but I ESPECIALLY like those that give honest critiques. Update: I bought a Nikon D40X with 2 Nikon AF-S VR lens (18-55mm and 55-200mm) at the end of 2008 but did not have free time to play with it until May 2009. It is a steep learning curve to go from point and shoot to DSLR, especially if one knows nothing about photography beyond - turn it on - then point and shoot, lol.
Update #2 - Aug 2013: I bought a Panasonic Lumix DMC - Lx7 because the Coolpix 7900 is on it's last legs. BIO I am a 60ish single man with a diverse background of employment. Among other things, at one time or another, I have been an engineering draftsman, a union carpenter, a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stagehands union, a stained glass pattern maker, a ranch hand, a lifeguard, and a member of the USAF for almost 8 years. I have been retired for over 20 years because of a back injury and now spend my time enjoying my 25 acres of Northeast Texas Woodland. I have been building a house for the past 10 years and may even finish it eventually, lol. Thanks to all who have taken the time to comment on my postings and I hope everyone (who has clicked on one of them) enjoyed the image. Lee
Comments (12)
durleybeachbum
Very interesting pic. Great name for a creature who cares for her young!
stuart83
Fantastically detailed capture, the babies on the back took me a while to spot..taking the kids out for a walk
Chaos911
puh, a real big spider ;) Have a nice day! Adrian
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southernamazon1957
Great capture, these buggers are fast..... Karen :)
jwiest
Creepy and quite cool all at the same time. Awesome capture!
skyla824
outstanding work.. well done. pretty cool you have the babies as well.
MrsLubner
Lee, this is great. I had understood that the babies stay on the mother to get nurishment before they went off on their own but the mother suffered. Sometimes wasting away in short order. This mon looks really healthy and I don't see too many children hanging on so maybe she turned the tables and snacked on the little ones when they wouldn't mind!
bpclarke
Excellent capture. This is amazing. Bunny
RIGAU
The love of mother and superb image
JeffG7BRJ
That is quite a large spider you have there Lee, the rubber on the end of the cane is a good guide to the size of mother spider. Excellent clarity and detail, a superb capture. Bravo!!!!!
vlaaitje
wow, sorry for the delay, but this one deserve more comments, what a super catch, and the depth is wonderful as well......
tennesseecowgirl
Was hard to look at .......I am terribly afraid of spiders... but nice?! shot