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John Geerts

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Spider in the morning
« on: July 26, 2015, 11:56:50 »
Those sunny early mornings, strong coffee, opening the back-door and spotting a busy spider...

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Re: Spider in the morning
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2015, 12:13:47 »
Nice background and the web comes out well thanks to the backlight.

Did you use the auxiliary close-up lens on the 90 Lanthar?
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Re: Spider in the morning
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2015, 12:32:03 »
Thanks Bjørn.  Yes I tested it a few times, it's easy to implement on the lens.

Not sure if it really improves image-quality (compared to normal use of the lens). It affected DOF too much is my early impression. Need to use it on much more occasions to have a clear verdict.

Here is a green fly at a Sorbus  at F/8
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John Geerts

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Re: Spider in the morning
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2015, 10:54:16 »
The spider revisited, on a cloudy morning after a night of rain.   

BTW The July-spider was without the close-up lens, just cropped.

This one is uncropped just resized.
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Re: Spider in the morning
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2015, 12:13:02 »
Great shots of those spiders in their "element" (the web with morning dew)... :-)
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Re: Spider in the morning
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2015, 14:40:22 »
John, the spider man  8)
Nice shots!
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Re: Spider in the morning
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2015, 15:01:44 »
haha :)

Thanks Jakov and Jacques. I adore spiders but because of daughter's arachnophobia I have to act as exterminator. I had a little hope she would grow over it, but now at 22, all hope is gone  ;)
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Re: Spider in the morning
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2015, 19:28:54 »
Great stuff.

The bg in the last shot seems like hortensia to me. Typical environment, at least in Dutch gardens  ;)
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Re: Spider in the morning
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2015, 00:07:13 »
One your arachnoid friends made herself at home in our staircase. Wife and daughter were not very happy, so I had to take a photo first...
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Re: Spider in the morning
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2015, 00:13:19 »
Nice one.  That was just before you took the vacuum cleaner?  ;)

Hans: Thanks.   I do have a white Hortensia (it was a gift), but it's in the ground. The spider was at 2,50 meter and had to take a chair to reach it. Bokeh are just details of the green garden with glimpses of the Sorbus and some sky.
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Re: Spider in the morning
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2015, 05:32:43 »
Quote from: John Geerts on September 21, 2015, 00:13:19
Nice one.  That was just before you took the vacuum cleaner?  ;)

Hans: Thanks.   I do have a white Hortensia (it was a gift), but it's in the ground. The spider was at 2,50 meter and had to take a chair to reach it. Bokeh are just details of the green garden with glimpses of the Sorbus and some sky.


I like spiders I do not touch them except they sit under a cupboard but this is collateral.

usually my wife captures them with a glass and a postcard and throws them out in the garden.

this guy went public. We have 4 parties in the house one for every storey. 3 or for people per party

one can get lost if one is a spider....
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