Just like yesterday's nudibranch assortment, what would a restrospective of this blog be without some spider photos. However, we'll take a little twist with it and look at a couple that got away and aren't as good as I would like.

This first one is another fairly early shot, and despite being a rather classic photo is one I don't have many of (in fast, this might be the only set of photos that includes some). Even this one isn't as good as I would like (there's a bit of motion blur involved), so this will serve as a reminder to seek this kind of shot out in the future and try it again.

Technical Data: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT, Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di LD Macro1:2 at 300m, 1/60 sec at f/5, ISO 400. No post production.

Here's another that I wish I could retake. This little guy was jumping around all over the place on this little nature walk Anya and I took not too too long ago, and so I only managed a couple shots of him before he disappeared back into the underbrush. I like this shot enough to keep it, but I missed the focus point just a tad and the spider is a little blurry. He came into this positioning a couple times while on this dead stem, but after I took this shot, he didn't do it again, so I missed my shot to get the pose that I wanted.

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, 1/30 sec at f/5. Image Stabilization on. ISO 100. RAW processing in Adobe Camera Raw.

Oddly enough, I saw a spider on my walk home the other day... in temperatures in the 30s no less! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to catch him to bring it home to take photos of. I'll have to remember to always carry my containers with me no matter what temperature it is!

Regardless, I'm sure there will be plenty more spider photos here in the future!

- Bill