Jumping spiders are quickly becoming my favorite subjects... and this one was probably the largest jumping spider I've ever seen. If my calculations are correct, he was about 15mm long, and for jumping spiders, that's pretty hefty. But here he is in much larger detail.

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, 1/250 sec at f/16. Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash in auto mode and wireless control. Image Stabilization on. ISO 100. RAW processing and cropped in Adobe Camera Raw. Powdermill Nature Reserve.

- Bill