It's a Spider-Eat-Spider World

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It's a Spider-Eat-Spider World
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Copyright: Paul Prince (PDP) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2967 W: 365 N: 3847] (11725)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-08-14
Categories: Spiders
Camera: Olympus C-5060WZ
Exposure: f/8, 1/90 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Araneae (Spiders), 40 points or more - 40 puntos o más, Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of the world [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-08-15 3:39
Viewed: 5798
Favorites: 2 [view]
Points: 46
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Jumping-spiders of the family Salticidae (in this photo, Marpissa muscosa) have excellent vision. They have focussing binocular vision and a thought to be sensitive to colour and polarised light. Members of this family have four forward facing eyes, they also have four eyes on the top of the carapace and these can detect movememnt behind the spider. This can easily be tested by creeping up behind on of these - they will jump around and look at you, often raising the carapace in the process. This can be thought of as cute or scary, depending on your viewpoint.

Salticidae are hunting spiders. They activily search for prey and jump on it. This specimen here has seized a spider, it looks rather like a juvenille nusery-web-spider.

I watched a couple of these hunting yesterday, it was fascinating. I watched one on a fence beam spot a fly (the fly was facing the spider) and) the spider moved into the shade and walked a longway round to approach the fly from behind. Fortunatley for the fly it turned around and see the approaching spider took off. You can see a picture of the final scene here.
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Now this is exceptional. What a take. You are right about the eyes. If you turn around him you can actually see him turn his head to look at you. Even though they're small those eyes stand out. Paul, this is brilliant, I love 'em spiders. 10 Points.

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  • urban Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 71 W: 4 N: 79] (413)
  • [2004-08-15 3:57]

This is a great capture. The DOF is perfectly placed so that the head is sharp but not the back of his body. It looks like some giant monster spider but the picture with the fly reveals that it is rather small. Happily for us I guess :-)

I love it Paul,
This is really a great shot, the lines in the wood makes a great depth in the composition, the spider is great, the details are wonderfull, very good job you did

Paul, I love it! great one. Good timing and angle so that we can see it from the best POV. Great sharpness too.
Greetings, Jan

bonjour Paul,
comme d'habitude une superbe photo accompagne une note etoffée. impressionnant ce regard.
amicalement
alain

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 654 W: 0 N: 178] (616)
  • [2004-08-15 6:07]

A beautiful macro of this spider, your note is subliem, very nice nice colours, in a wonderful composition Paul.
Thanks for sharing.

Wow, the eyes of this chap 8-) Quite an impressive mug shot of this fellow. DOF on the hind part is slipping, but you placed the available DOF nicely on front end and prey. I think I'd crop a slice of the bottom oof part of the picture, though.

Great macor of the spider.
Good colors and very good sharpness,
Well done

Hey, this is the photo I'm going to take when I grow-up!! The coarse texture of the substrate adds greatly to the overall effective impact of the subject. I've got 6 acres here, I'm going go start turning over some rocks!! If you look close enough you can see the clouds in the spiders eyes!! Now that's macro!!!

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2004-08-15 9:57]

Impresionante captura Paul.
La nitidez y resolucion, sobre todo en la mirada de los ojos de mayor tamaño es excelente.
Muy buena perspectiva, oportunismo y presentacion.
10 puntos!

Impressive capture Paul.
The clearness and resolution, mainly in the glance of the eyes of greater size are excellent.
Very good perspective, opportunism and presentation.
10 points!

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  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1996 W: 107 N: 1897] (5103)
  • [2004-08-15 10:43]

This looks like a gremlin! Excellent DOF and detail and I love the eyes. Vewy well taken.

Very impressive close-up, Paul, the longer I look at it the more I feel like being stared at ;-) Amazing hairy detail, and also interesting to explore the textural similarities with the wood that it is seen on. The WS scene is very good, too.

Paul, these are cute critters, and very fast. This is a great shot, I like the abdomen that appears to be on another plane owing to the dof. I am sure the compacts have a different dof ratio than the Dsrl's. F13 or smaller should render the abdomen sharp.

Very nice paul i've not managed to get one to sit sit long enough to get an image at all let alone one as good as this.

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  • letr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 87 W: 50 N: 47] (130)
  • [2004-08-15 18:20]

great capture here Paul,nature can be cruel.. Excellent details and great dof !!

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2393 W: 51 N: 3174] (10830)
  • [2004-08-16 1:09]

What an impressive and good macro. The spider looks us ;-)

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  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1595 W: 32 N: 1362] (3976)
  • [2004-08-16 2:27]

A great capture here.
Excellent sharp detail.
Yep,a great one!
Very well done.

L'horeur de chez horeur...j'ai une peur bleu de ces
bestioles même en photo...mais là je dois dire tu as fais fort...2 en 1 ...bergh...merci pour moi....je te donne vite mes points et je me barre ...composition tres reussie...pas trop regardé...mais bien fait..grrrrrrrrrr amicalement BI

great capture, excellent momment.
excellent macro.

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  • Bac Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 100 W: 3 N: 42] (528)
  • [2004-09-05 3:05]

Le détail est génial, les polis les yeux...superbe

All I can say is egads! One ugly fellow! I let one live in my California home, but I never saw him this well. I had an outside door next to the toilet. He hid in the bottom metal door step, popping out if he suspected a morsel. Screams of not joy for unsuspecting people sitting there...... were often heard....

This is very impressive, Paul. Looks so powerful and ferocious. The very close view enhances very well details to understand your note. Even if I'm learning to have indulgence for spiders, due to their interesting behaviours, I still find this one very scary at this size. Great macro!

It sees my gallery, has one salticidae seemed well with this

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