Spider
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Location
This photo was taken in our garden, during a test session with a new lens.Time
The photo was taken in September of 2014 in the early afternoon, the sun was just starting to hit our side garden. Since I was testing a lens I thought the light would be just about right to take some pictures of the last of the flowers.Lighting
You just can't go wrong with using the sun as your main light on a slightly overcast day. Really the lighting was more luck than good planning.Equipment
The camera was my old Nikon1 J1, which at the time was my "street" camera - I never went anywhere without it. The lens is the real story of this shot - it was a $35 50mm f 1.4 CCTV Lens with a C mount adapter for the Nikon and a macro ring. It has almost no depth of field, if you look at the front legs - one set is in focus the other is not, that's maybe a quarter of an inch difference! Luckily I was using a tripod, lighting by mother nature.Inspiration
I guess the short answer is I like spiders. The long answer is while I was taking pictures of flowers I saw this little guy in the background and wondered how close I could get to him before he took off, I got lucky, he waited until I got set up and clicked the shutter. It turned out to be one of my favorite shots.Editing
No heavy post-processing. I increased the contrast a bit, which is something I normally do and sharpened it up a bit.In my camera bag
That really depends on what I'm going out to do... normally though I will have my Sony A6000 with a 50mm 1.8 with me - I do a lot of street photography and it's my street photography rig. Small(ish), fast, reliable and non-threatening. A couple of spare batteries, a couple of extra SD cards and a small table top tripod. The bag I use for that is an old WW2 medic bag that I've added some padding and dividers to. If I'm not doing street photography and don't mind carrying the weight I'll load up my Peak Design Everyday Messenger with my Nikon D7000 with a 105mm 2.5 and a 24mm 2.8, 1 spare battery and a couple of cards and a tripod.Feedback
Be observant, you never know when a great shot will present itself and you have to be prepared for that. Learn to "see" what your lens sees, I was able to get this shot because I had a pretty good idea what the lens was going to do assuming the spider didn't move. Lastly you don't have to go far to find great pictures, I found this one in my own garden, and given these days of Covid, that's probably a good thing.
