So I've decided that I might as well go for 10 in a row and have the entire front page be spider posts... This is number 9, so we'll have one more, and then I have a treat for you.

Today's spider photo came out of the camera just like this. I managed to catch this little jumping spider in this nice pose on a pure white background. I really like the composition here, and I think the shadow positioning just makes it perfect.

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro, 1/250 sec at f/11. Canon Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX in ETTL mode. ISO 100. RAW processing in Adobe Camera Raw.

Obviously, stop back tomorrow (as long as I can find a few minutes to post it) for one more spider, and then we'll try something different.

- Bill