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Copyright: Howard Cheek (marhowie) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5748 W: 1225 N: 10572] (34537)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-10-25
Categories: Spiders
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 150mm Macro + Kenko 1.4X Tele., Digital ISO 200, Hoya Skylight UV 72mm
Exposure: f/14.0, 1/50 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Araneae (Spiders) II [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-11-08 7:27
Viewed: 721
Points: 32
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans) get their name from the way that they sometimes pounce on their prey in a cat-like fashion. These spiders spend their time hunting for insects in bushes and low plants. They are fast runners, but can be seen lying in wait for prey beside flowers. They build no web for prey capture, but they do release a silk dragline as they hunt.
YOUNG FEMALE green lynx spiders are shaped like the males, with a slender abdomen. As they mature and produce eggs, their abdomen becomes much larger as seen HERE from one year ago with an Olympus C-8080
ADULT FEMALES are always easy to find once they are discovered since they will soon lay eggs and will stand guard over the egg sac (seen here) and hatchlings for as long as their strength holds out. They don't eat during this time, and it is often late in the fall. With freezes imminent, their emaciated bodies don't hold out for very long...
I used ISO 200 and an exposure bias of -1.3
Thanx for Lookin'
scottevers7, dew77, thistle, liquidsunshine, Janice, livios, wallhalla15, klemmg, cecilia, Fisher, red45, Signal-Womb, Mousehill, gerhardt has marked this note useful
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Hi Howard,
A great macro again! Excellent detail and DOF in this shot. I always love to see all those eyes. The composition and framing are perfect.
Great notes with this great shot!
Scott

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2005-11-08 10:12]

Hello Howard!
Wonderful close up.Colors,lighting,crisp clear details,POV and composition are excellent.TFS...:-)

What a shot!
Amazing quality. All details are so sharp and well visible. Everything else is perfect too.
I like it very much.
VERY WELL DONE & TFS

Hi Howard, this one is looking very abstract.
I like the spots on the transparent legs.
Colours are pretty and sharpness very good.
Very well done, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Great shot Howard,
As always the details are razor sharp, and colours are spot on.
Great POV and DOF. Composition and exposure are spot on.
Great capture, thanks for posting.

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 788 W: 31 N: 20] (5002)
  • [2005-11-08 13:52]

Hi Howard,
superb macro, I like it. Good details and colours. Unusual spider. Well done.
Rgs, Aleksander

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16856)
  • [2005-11-08 15:07]

Howard, a brilliant capture.

Amazing sharpness, great pov and composition; I do enjoy lighting. Stunning details.

Congratulations.

Hello Howard. Excellent details and sharpness, excellent composition and great colours. Great work!

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  • klemmg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 302 W: 40 N: 484] (1719)
  • [2005-11-08 17:42]

Excellent detail, wonderful colours, and really interesting too. Very well done!
Regards,
Gabi

I really like the colors and the bg. This is a very nice shot. Well presented.

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  • Fisher Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234] (8915)
  • [2005-11-08 23:15]

Hi Howard,

Excellence on all counts, she's a beauty. Super work!!!

Mike

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2829 W: 75 N: 8024] (26857)
  • [2005-11-09 2:21]

Very moody shoot Howard. I love brown, autumn colours. The spider looks superb with red pattern and all these details. Very well composed picture.

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3451 W: 144 N: 5892] (17458)
  • [2005-11-09 3:36]

Good sharp clear capture of the spider Howard. Pretty body and patterns, but still a spider! Well done, TFS.
PT

Super shot Howard, wow just look at the details on that spider, this is marvelous. Very nice composition and frame. Well done.

Great image Howard and it gave an excellent insight in the spider I captured a few weeks ago. Seems I was able to capture one of these as well during my Thailand trip.
I particulary like the composition and excellent sharpness on the legs of your image. Best regards!

It's great to see them again. I will never forget the series you posted of this spider. A little hotspot there but I am nit picking when I say that. Very well done Howard.

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