testing this vivitar film camera (pz3070) I picked out at an assistance league thrift store in vegas.
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testing this vivitar film camera (pz3070) I picked out at an assistance league thrift store in vegas.
I had to look it up, but these little guys have 8 eyes to go along with their 8 legs! And apparently they still have fairly bad eye sight as all spiders do, but jumping spiders have some of the best eyesight of all spiders because of those two big eyes up front. So basically, the best of the worst. LOL!
Still, super cool spiders!
Shot using a Canon FD Macro 50mm f3.5 plus a 15mm extension tube.
So went on a walk about with my camera and some of my Canon FD lenses at the local shopping area. They always have great flower displays. As I bent down to take a picture of a Stella del Oro day lily, I noticed this fairly large jumping spider (Phidippus audax) had made this flower its home.
I think these little guys are super cool! My first time getting to shoot images of one of these critters.
Of course I did all this as people were walking past me wondering what the heck I was doing. LOL! Super graceful looking I'm sure.
Shot using a Canon FD Macro 50mm f3.5 plus 15mm of extension tubes.
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The new diffuser panel is blowing my mind. I am tramming the bed on my rather large 3d printer to start a couple of prints and then off I go to try getting a very pretty Bull ant Species in front of my lens.
This focus stacked image was made with the flash set to 1/64 +07
1/250 --- F10 --- ISO 200
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
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📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital MC-20, 2X Teleconverter
Hand held focus stack of 65 images
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser V2 and CJ Lens Hood
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Lynx Spider on my deck, enjoy the brand new week!
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I wanted to get a clean stack all I needed is for her to sit still for long enough. I am grateful that she did. I am well pleased with this image of her
The lens was set to the 2:1 setting which means this is a 4:1 with a 2x crop factor applied makes it pretty much an 8x greater than life size.
I always apply a 5:4 ratio crop in post and start that in Helicon.
I am currently printing on my 3d printer an adapter I for the Olympus MCON-P02 Macro converter that has a little hood on it. I am looking forward to seeing how that goes once I have all of the bits printed. Designing is much fun and fixing 3d printers I think sometimes can be a good test for ones patience.
This is a Hand held focus stack not an in camera bracket
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
Helicon Focus
Adobe PS
Topaz Labs Denoise AI
📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Custom Lens Hood by ME
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital MC-20, 2X Teleconverter
Hand held and manually gathered focus stack of 66 images
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser.
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I picked up a new addition to my slow growing macro kit this week.
A 2x tele converter. I was using tele converters a long time ago for automated focus stacking and had watched things like the 90mm OM systems lens be launched and the fact it worked with a tele converter was exciting for me and many others.
I took a long time to catch the bus but better late than never.
I am quite impressed with sharpness using the MC-20 with the 90mm and what is achievable hand held blows me away.
I look forward to getting more practice in using this kit.
Subject alive not dead
This is a focus stack not an in camera bracket.
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
Helicon Focus
Adobe PS
Topaz Labs Denoise AI
📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Custom Lens Hood by ME
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital MC-20, 2X Teleconverter
Hand held and manually gathered focus stack of 98 images.
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser.
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Social Huntsman Spiders or delena cancerides
As far as spiders go this species from the Huntsman Spider family of Spiders are very interesting to me. This one being an adult male has left the colony he was raised in and started a life on his own searching for a female to start his own colony with.
As I have mentioned in a previous post about these they live together and share food with one another. There is a breeding female that can end up getting quite large.
I find the stigma surrounding spiders to be unfortunate. If treated with respect they do not want to bite you.
I enjoy making art with them to show the amazing bits we do not see and hope to bring about positive education by my involvement and interactions with them.
These 2 images of this adult male where made while it was standing on a piece of picture frame glass.
He did not move. I moved my background from one side to the other and he was not fussed about any of that. He would not accept my food offering in the form of a cricket.
Most male spiders once an adult loose interest in food and have reproduction on the mind.
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
Helicon Focus
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Topaz Labs Denoise AI
📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Custom Lens Hood by ME
Hand held and manually gathered focus stacks
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser.
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Its Upside down Miss Jane
Lots to look at in this ventral image such as
He is not yet mature as can be seen by taking a look at his palps.
He has a regrown leg
He has a parasite
We can see on the side of his sternum where the legs come out there is visibly less hair where I suspect energy was put into regeneration.
If you wonder about this ones size. He is not tiny. from the end of his abdomen to the red area where his fangs are he measures 15mm
He was such a good boy I will feed him before letting him go on his way.
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
Helicon Focus
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📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Custom Lens Hood by ME
Hand held and manually gathered focus stack of 61 images
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser.
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This gal needs no introduction for many of us Aussies and most often when we talk about the outback dunny these are not far from our thoughts.
The Redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti) belong to the Family Theridiidae
Did you know?
A female Red-Back Spider can store sperm (from multiple mates) from matings for up to 2 years and still lay eggs. They have also been recorded going over 360 days with no food and surviving!
Complete with droplets but if you look closer there is also many spring tails surrounding her. There is even one on top of the water drop that is on the back of her abdomen...
I bet with a guardian like that none are afraid of the ugly photographer making their picture.
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
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📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Custom Lens Hood by ME
Hand held and manually gathered focus stack of 65 images
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser.
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Must be something with ant eating species and Bling.. More gold flakes!!
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
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📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Custom Lens Hood by ME
Hand held and manually gathered focus stack of 14 images
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser.
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The mituliodon genus only contains 1 species which is this little one. It is from the family Miturgidae of Spiders ...
These are a resident of the leaf litter in West Wodonga parks.
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
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📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Custom Lens Hood by ME
Hand held and manually gathered focus stack of 70 images
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser.
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This is the largest Crab spider I have seen so far. I did not have a ruler with me but to estimate she was easily 20mm from tip of legs to abdomens end. She was also cooperative so getting a few focus stacks of her was a breeze. She was so laid back I could not even get her to be defensive so no super close up stack.
I am pleased with how this turned out considering I decided to leave the Raynox DCR 250 on the lens.
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
Helicon Focus
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Topaz Labs Denoise AI
📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO
🔎Raynox DCR 250 + Raynox Lens Hood
Hand held and manually gathered focus stack of 64 images
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser.
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Scotospilus
It is amazingly beautiful in my opinion.
We seen several of these on location last night. They are quite small but I will be returning soon to try and gather more images
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
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📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Custom Lens Hood by ME
Hand held and manually gathered focus stack of 32
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️ CJ Diffuser.
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It always amazes me that no matter how many times you go to a location you can always manage to find something new.
This evening I went out searching with a new friend and it did not take long for us to find a crazy Beetle I have never seen before or heard of. Bombardier Beetle!!
Not long after around the other side of the tree to be exact was this Huntsman female. If you are scratching your head trying to work out if Helicon did a terrible job or not that would be understandable.
She is in fact missing 2 eyes!! It is no stacking error. It is the craziest thing I have ever seen!!
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
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📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Custom Lens Hood by ME + Raynox DCR 250
Hand held and manually gathered focus stack of 69 images
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser.
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Part 2 of the amazing find a focus stack showing her dorsal view.
Here is part 1 www.flickr.com/photos/197602498@N04/53764120699/in/datepo...
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
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📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Custom Lens Hood by ME
Hand held and manually gathered focus stack of 56
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser.
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I only knew what this one was as I made images of a very tiny one in June 2019
5 years ago!!
Looking back it is amazing to come to realize how much I have improved. The last couple of years especially I have spent a great deal of my time walking urban park lands in my hometown searching for anything to be a hero for me in a macro scene.
I found this one with a friend of mine that loves getting out and finding different spiders and insect life. He seen her this evening but I told him she would be there as I spotted her a few evenings ago.
Here she is looking all defensive and stuff. I didnt wanna cramp her style by moving the things stopping me getting those front legs in focus. I think this turned out amazing anyway.
For a dorsal view of her follow this link www.flickr.com/photos/197602498@N04/53764295985/in/datepo...
Here is the 2019 one www.flickr.com/photos/197602498@N04/52798086567/in/album-...
Marbled Octopus Spider -- Tmarus Genus -- Thomisidae - Crab spider family
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
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📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Custom Lens Hood by ME
Hand held and manually gathered focus stack of 35
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser.
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I came across this one last night and I was not in a good mood. Trying to line up a pleasing composition it decided to drop out of the tree and take things to the ground. It was hanging from silk when I discovered it. I felt bad but I know these are pretty resilient and would be back up there in no time. So here it is in its "environment" so to speak.. Oh and its a focus stack!
Funny about that. Some people rather than admit they cant focus stack they will say I show my subjects in the whole environment.... Pretty similar to blaming your setup because you cant get the shots you want because you are yet to learn how to. Imagine blaming your broom when you didnt sweep the doorstep right?
1/200 ISO200 F8 Flash @ 1/64
Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺
Helicon Focus
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📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Custom Lens Hood by ME
Hand held and manually gathered focus stack of 67
⚡ Godox V1
️ CJ Diffuser.
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