Crab Spider Dance
Category
Macro
Location
Manchester
Gear
OM-1, 90mm macro lens, tripod, LED panels
Description
There are lots of tiny spiders in my back garden like this crab spider, and I love photographing them. I bring them into the conservatory so there is no wind, light them with my LED panels, and focus bracket them with my OM-1 and 90mm lens at f/3.5, and a 2x teleconverter for extra magnification. I then return them to the spot where I found them. This spider on was on an osteospermum leaf, which the high magnification revealed to be a wonderful alien landscape of translucent hairs. I love the way the spider appears to be dancing on this strange stage, and how it still has a small piece of its last meal in its claw.
Photographer
Tony North
Social Media
Instagram: tnorth67
Facebook: The Art of Macro
Website: www.artofmacro.com
To limit fraudulent voting, you may only vote once per category per IP address.