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I'm using a sigma macro lens and also my tamron on macro setting and I've been experimenting between F4-F13
Have you tried changing the ISO at all? I've tended to keep it on ISO100
I was also going to experiment with a reflector
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I'm using a sigma macro lens and also my tamron on macro setting and I've been experimenting between F4-F13
Have you tried changing the ISO at all? I've tended to keep it on ISO100
I was also going to experiment with a reflector
Don't be afraid to go up to ISO 400. With more light you should get apertures down to f16 or below and you'll get greater DOF. Unless you are after a particular effect, I'd say f4 is too large an aperture for macro.
BTW, your subjects are two Orb Spiders, one male and one female.
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Mannesty, I'm guessing this spider is a tiny bit larger than our common garden spiders ?!?
Mannesty, I'm guessing this spider is a tiny bit larger than our common garden spiders ?!?
It's not at all a tiny bit larger, it's hugely larger, and I admit it's not a fair comparison. The bigger they are the easier they are to photograph. My specimen was about 4 inches long including legs. See a few more images here.
It's one of the tarantula family and I found it wandering about around our house during the summer. I couldn't resist a few shots and it was very obliging. It's now living happily (I hope) where nobody will swat it with a rolled up newspaper.
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