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Night Rider


Night Rider
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Copyright: iris'hues ss (iris) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 409 W: 41 N: 785] (2478)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-03-22
Categories: Spiders
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of the world [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-04-28 3:59
Viewed: 391
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi,

This edition is dedicated to Spider's Eyes.

This was clicked in very low light conditions and I had to switch on the handycam’s night light. The Spider’s grey colour combined with the dim light gave in a natural Black & White shade to the photograph.

You are seeing a Wolf Spider here. He was caught on camera late in the evening while moving around and sneaking around on a prey!

Most wolf spiders hunt in the dimmer light of dusk and moonlight. Their four large posterior eyes have well-developed tapeta which help them spot prey movement in such low light conditions. At night, wolf spiders can be easily spotted because the tapeta in their large eyes shine brightly in torchlight.

Types of spider eyes
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Eight eyes are typically placed in two rows, on the front of the carapace. The AME or direct eyes, differ markedly in structure from the other indirect eyes (ALE, PLE, PME). The direct eyes appear dark, whereas the indirect eyes usually have a layer of light reflecting crystals, the tapetum, behind the light sensitive retina, giving these eyes a silvery appearance. The tapetum increases visual sensitivity because light entering the light sensitive retinal cells is immediately reflected back through them, so intensifying the image. These indirect eyes are adapted for seeing at low light intensities and their lenses are often enlarged in spiders with good vision.

Spider eye lenses are better than photographic lenses in terms of their image brightness (very low F-numbers). However, because most spider eye retinas have relatively coarse-grained mosaics of receptor cells, their resolution of these images is much poorer than in the human
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Hi Iris,
Your choice of black and white for this photo gives a sense of ethereal menace - very appropriate for the subject! Good shot!
Regards,
Uma

selam iris; nice shot of this spider and nice comp with interesting black and white work.good POV particularly reflection of light from eyes well captured. TFS
well done
regards
ridvan

Hi Iris,

It always intrests me to see spiders this close and I like your capture of this one.
Good choice in black and white, good POV and light.
Thanks for sharing!

Greetings, Nel

Hi Irishues, superb spider, splendid composition with beautiful details and wonderful sharpness, very well done, have a nice week end, ciao Silvio

Not sure I would like to meet one but love the shot, well taken.

Greg

A well managed macro of Wolf Spider with your handycam, Iris.
The eyes in particular are well recorded.
TFS.

Hi Irishues ,
nice shot with great focus.
well captured.
thanks for sharing
Regards
Saeed

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-04-28 21:32]

Hello Iris

A very atmospheric shot of this spider.The lighting and contrast add to the creepy crawly effect.Nicely composed with good detail in the eyes.TFS

Rob

Irish,
Nice capture of this spider but slightly out of focus. I can understand but in shot nice and good shot.Ganesh Point tomorrow

Hello Irish this is a nice detailed shot good light and bright eyes I like the toning of BW good viewpoint tfs rgds Necip.

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