Wolf spider
Paolo-K5
Paolo-K5
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Aug, 2014Views
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Contest Finalist in Close Ups In Nature Photo Contest
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Location
This shot was taken in my home studio in Italy. The spider was released in the wild after one hour.Time
Early afternoonLighting
The light was provided by a Yongnuo Speedlite YN560-II. 1/2 power + a home made light diffuser.Equipment
I used a Pentax K5 set at 100 iso. The lens was a Tamron SP AF 90MM f 2.8 mounted on one or two extension tubes f 11 hand held.Inspiration
In this macro as as all my macro shots the inspiration comes from the research of small details. Artropods have beautiful patterns and colors. The discovery of these details keep inspiring me day by day.Editing
Just some white balance adjustements, composition (16/9), contrast and details boost.In my camera bag
In my bag I always have: Pentax K5 2 sets of extension tubes (6 extension tubes) 1 SMC 50mm f 1.7 1 SMC 28mm f 2.8 1 SMC 50mm MACRO f 4 1 Tamron SP AF 90MM f 2.8 1 Sigma 10-20 MM f 2.8 1 YUS AUTOMATIC 28MM f 2.8 1 Yongnuo Speedlite YN560-II 1 Home made flash diffuserFeedback
You like macro? My advice is.....don't get crazy about getting the latest equipment. You can achieve great results with what you already have. Get a reverse mount adapter and start shooting with a reverse lens. A 50mm or a 28mm for more magnification. When you reverse mount a lens a shorter focal lenght will give you more magnification. Light is extremely important. Most of the time ambient light is not sufficient. You will be shooting at f/11-f/16 to increase dof. Use a flash but diffuse the light with some kind of material. I use white plastic foil coming from packaging material. Learn how insects behave, they are wild animal. The most important advice is shoots, shoot, shoot. Hundreds of photos. Most of them will be blurry, our out of focus....but sometimes you'll find a gem. Work on that and show everyon the beauty of microcosmos.
