Tiny Spider

This tiny thing was little more than a mobile miniscule blob of jelly with legs. Photographing bugs wasn't in today's plan, but it appeared through the viewfinder from behind the tendril and I couldn't resist. About 2mm across, including its legs (checked with a ruler) . Difficult to focus on moving jelly, so fixed on the tiny black marks and hoped....

K3 + Irix 150mm + 1.4TC.

Comments etc. welcome, as usual.







Steve

When it grows up it will be one of those whopping fat brutes that sits in the middle of a big web. It's an orb web spider of some sort. Good pictures of one so tiny.

What he said, + cracking shots

It will probably be bird food well before then.

Thanks to both of you for your kind words about the pictures. Nice to know that some people appreciate them - my wife won't even look at a spider picture.

Steve

The first shot is much more of a complete photo (compared to the other shot) - composition, background and clear focus on the subject really make it! Keep at it Steve

I’d have an awful lot of trouble seeing, let alone photographing one of these... gd stuff Steve... no.1 for me...

Best

John, Bill - thanks for the comments. Interesting that you've both gone for the first. That's the one I would have on the wall (not that permission would ever be granted...). However, the second is what I'd choose for an illustration in a field guide or textbook. Different pictures for different purposes.

As for having trouble seeing something so small, I only noticed it because it moved!

Steve