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sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 June 30, 2014
Love this!! ")
noosha
 
noosha July 01, 2014
Wonderful work!
jackie007
 
jackie007 October 01, 2014
great shot
vojce
 
vojce October 01, 2014
fantastic shot
Barbpsp4
 
Barbpsp4 October 01, 2014
Very nice indeed.
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta October 01, 2014
Lovely shot. Congratulations on being Featured.
Chrism
 
Chrism October 01, 2014
Great macro and beautiful image. Congratulations on being featured :)
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 October 01, 2014
Awesome macro shot! Congrats on being featured!
JulianGwilson
 
JulianGwilson October 01, 2014
Love it!
pbview
 
pbview October 01, 2014
Love this! Congrats on the feature!
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots October 01, 2014
Great shot! Congrats.
WynChance
 
WynChance October 01, 2014
Congratulations on being featured. Awesome capture!
Daydreamsincolor
 
Daydreamsincolor October 01, 2014
Amazing Photo!
Bruz Platinum
 
Bruz October 01, 2014
Great macro and colors. Congrats of the feature.
Marjoriesmithphotography PRO
 
Marjoriesmithphotography October 01, 2014
Beautiful image!
iceman2
 
iceman2 October 01, 2014
Wonderful shot.Congrats!
pengwyn4007
 
pengwyn4007 October 01, 2014
Super !!!!
carol_bradshaw_4069
 
carol_bradshaw_4069 October 01, 2014
Fantastic capture!!
Inspire4More
 
Inspire4More October 01, 2014
Awesome!!
Erickaef
 
Erickaef October 01, 2014
Perfect timing! Congratulations on being featured!
LNSphotography
 
LNSphotography October 01, 2014
WOW!!!!
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 October 01, 2014
Congrats! ")
redwriter Platinum
 
redwriter October 01, 2014
Beautiful shot. Congrats. - Jake
scottnmandy
 
scottnmandy October 01, 2014
Congrats on the feature, great shot!
rexnet
 
rexnet October 01, 2014
Amazing love it, great shot
SusiStroud Platinum
 
SusiStroud October 01, 2014
Excellent capture and great color match. Congratulations on your feature.
sharonmorris
 
sharonmorris October 01, 2014
Congrats on your feature! Great close up!😄
StuXD1 Platinum
 
StuXD1 October 01, 2014
Amazing Capture
gondmagdi Premium
 
gondmagdi October 01, 2014
great capture !
ChrisKIELY
 
ChrisKIELY October 01, 2014
Outstanding!
CapturedLight
 
CapturedLight October 01, 2014
Wow! That's really beautiful!!!
nitti
 
nitti October 01, 2014
Crazy good! Congrats
JayLawler
 
JayLawler October 01, 2014
Awesome capture, out of this world spider :) Congrats on the feature
DeonHamilton
 
DeonHamilton October 01, 2014
awesome i love it :-)
AliAlzuhair
 
AliAlzuhair October 02, 2014
Lovely!
LaurieS
 
LaurieS October 03, 2014
Fantastic Close up
Duff
 
Duff October 05, 2014
Awesome Macro shot! Congratulations on being Featured!
MaryAnne306 PRO+
 
MaryAnne306 October 06, 2014
Awesome capture!
beetlestone
 
beetlestone October 07, 2014
Awesome shot!
HaliSowle
 
HaliSowle October 07, 2014
Love it! What a great spider image. Congratulations on the feature!
fila4
 
fila4 October 11, 2014
Wonderful!
JoseV
 
JoseV October 11, 2014
Wow, amazing.
tal42
 
tal42 October 16, 2014
super shot!
ybbag420
 
ybbag420 December 12, 2014
WOW!!! This is COOL!!!
rhamm
 
rhamm December 19, 2014
Great shot
GRACECAPRI
 
GRACECAPRI January 10, 2015
Amazing macro!
onyanita PRO+
 
onyanita May 01, 2015
superb
michaeltillman Platinum
 
michaeltillman May 15, 2015
I love the spider, flower, and close depth of field shot.
rachaellivingstone
 
rachaellivingstone May 18, 2015
awesome photo!!!!
islaamihan
 
islaamihan June 04, 2015
So cool
SarahKeates
 
SarahKeates August 04, 2015
Great capture!
YvonneJeaK PRO
 
YvonneJeaK September 18, 2015
Absolutely brilliant! Voted.
etrdryzt Platinum
etrdryzt October 21, 2015
Thanks!
lindaethier
 
lindaethier October 20, 2015
Love this picture. Nice work! :)
etrdryzt Platinum
etrdryzt October 21, 2015
Thanks!
nandicmb
 
nandicmb November 08, 2015
Congratulations on both your Awards!
rosaposa
 
rosaposa January 29, 2016
Wonderful photo!
jollyk1
 
jollyk1 July 24, 2016
Beautiful!
pickman
 
pickman March 18, 2017
Awesome!
Txpixelpixie
 
Txpixelpixie May 20, 2017
Wow! This is beautiful! Great great great capture!
Trudie
 
Trudie November 14, 2019
Brilliant capture!! ...;)
ConnieEtter Platinum
 
ConnieEtter February 13, 2020
Adorable crab spider!
mleskiw.wildlife_EC5E
 
mleskiw.wildlife_EC5E April 07, 2020
At first glance o thought it was an odd flower, but wow what a shot! Great capture!
karensommerslohre PRO+
 
karensommerslohre February 01, 2021
Stunning photo of this creature! I have shot one like her when I was in Vermont~ Crab Spider?
etrdryzt Platinum
etrdryzt February 01, 2021
Yes a crab spider, they love the peonies!
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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this picture in my garden

Time

In mid afternoon full sun, good for shutter speed but very bad for shadows.

Lighting

Yes to illuminate the spider I used a fill flash, because I was shooting toward the sun

Equipment

I used a canon 7d with a 70-200mm f2.8 is II lens mounted on a fotopro tripod and filled in the light with a canon 430ex flash off camera using e-ttl -1 ev.

Inspiration

I was actually testing a 2x teleconverter I had bought not to long ago it had great reviews especially when used with the 70-200mm lens I figured that it would be good since it focuses at the same distance but get twice the zoom but after the testing was done I got better images with no teleconverter.

Editing

I did very little, a bit of saturation and sharpening in lightroom

In my camera bag

In my bag I have my 7d a 18-55mm, 70-200mm, 50mm,and a10-22mm lens 2 430ex flashes, 3 or 4 filters an graduate ND filter that I love a good tripod and a multi coloured reflector.

Feedback

Be patient I took about 30 shots of this spider sometimes it was hiding in the leafs sometimes it was on the wrong side of the flower, I wanted a nice smooth background so I had to wait until the spider was in the right position and another tip, don't be afraid of a flash even in bright light, ounce you get the hang of it, it will be one of your favourite tricks, from macro to portraits and almost everything in between.

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