Photo of the Year 2009: In the view of a Jumping spider

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Poston Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:34 pm

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Shooting data: Fujifilm S5pro, Sigma 150mm f2.8, Raynox DCR-150 :: 1s, f16, ISO100 :: tripod, MLU, CR

August 25, 2009 :: Stockholm, Sweden

The same jumping spider as in my last post. It looks like they use multicoating on their lenses :wink: Thirteen shots stacked in Helicon focus.

Cheers! :)

/morfa
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Poston Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:46 pm

Wonderful detail, morfa! Is that you reflected in the eyes?
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Poston Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:01 pm

Yes, I considered waving but decided against it :smile:
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Poston Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:43 pm

Excellent... :shock: much better than previous - it's the one of the best foto of jumping spider which I ever seen :D
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Poston Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:34 pm

Outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm speechless... what can I do... but to say congrats.
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Poston Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:34 pm

I just can't say any comments, everything is perfect..
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Poston Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:48 pm

Hey, morfa, how do you fix the always-moving spiders for thirteen shots? I know that focus stacking has problems with shifted object such as legs or antennas.
Thanks for sharing, Nikola
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Poston Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:05 am

You mean multicoating on their eyes ;)
Well done!
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Poston Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:05 am

morfa, congratulations. Agree with the well deserved comments above. You have 'raised the bar' again to give us something to strive for.
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Poston Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:05 pm

Thanks for the comments! I won't pollute the forum with another post of this spider but if you're interested you're welcome to have a look at these as well: Portrait orientation, looking up, Portrait orientation, looking down.

eurythyrea> I don't think there is a way to fixate these guys. Not in a harmless way at least. These were shot early in the morning and the spider was much less active than they usually are. It moved from time to time but I then I just started over shooting from the beginning of the stack. Some attempts turned out well while others were ruined by subject movement. Also, slight subject movement isn't always devastating to the stacking results. For instance if a leg is moved while it is out of focus it doesn't matter as long as it's reasonably still when it's in focus.
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Poston Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:19 pm

Wow superb shot.... like the way it sits there for you to shoot :)
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Poston Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:04 pm

The details are truly fantastic, as are the other elements!
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Poston Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:47 pm

Hi,
"Quadroscopic" details, nice to see four photographers in the spider eyes!!!!
Great work!
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Poston Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:19 am

wow!! another great from you morfa.. agree wth u that the spider have multicoated "lenses" some more is different coat :p greenish and blueish... look just BEAUTIFUL :D

thanks for the tips on how to "fix" the spider in HARMLESS way :D yea, i support this as we don't want to hurt any bugs that we love to shoot :D
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Poston Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:13 pm

verynice..not as good as your fly in photo of the week but very nice jumper
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