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At my computer the other night typing away when this bloke ran into my room, over my foot and decided my bed would be the perfect place for a time-out

What is with these huge spiders and my room? Large Huntsman’s seem to make a B-line straight for it, it's like directions to my place are written all over toilet walls in every spider nightclub on the planet....


This particular one was 15cm toe to toe.... (and not the largest I've chased from my room)

Here's the shots, enjoy...if thats the right word

Brown Huntsman (Heteropoda jugulans)

The up-close-and-personal are

First one I saw,.. not bad.. I scrolled down..

Woooooha, super upclose and personal man.. very in your face their.. what lens were you using ?

Alpha_7 wrote:First one I saw,.. not bad.. I scrolled down..

Woooooha, super upclose and personal man.. very in your face their.. what lens were you using ?

I was using the raynox 250 macro lens on the end of my FZ-50

It's not to bad a lens but depth of field is a killer, might try some B+W close-up filters for when I don't need to get so close.

Sweet. Better than the real thing

oh jesus oh jesus! how u keep it still? it was dead? u killed it?

!~DeViNe~DaRkNeSs~! wrote:oh jesus oh jesus! how u keep it still? it was dead? u killed it?

Hehe... chased it around the room with a feather duster....long handled one of course.... captured it, and stuck it in the freezer for 5 mins... took a few snaps the release it unharmed.

Those eyes are going to haunt me for a long time to come! Nice pics.

The second shot is fantastic. So much detail.

Bugeyes wrote:

!~DeViNe~DaRkNeSs~! wrote:oh jesus oh jesus! how u keep it still? it was dead? u killed it?

Hehe... chased it around the room with a feather duster....long handled one of course.... captured it, and stuck it in the freezer for 5 mins... took a few snaps the release it unharmed.

U Farkin mad!!! kill that freakin thing!!! massive.....

These are great Bugeyes.
Regards Colin

hi mr bugeyes. just have question re raynox filters? i searched the forum and your macro shots came out. your bug closeups are magnificent. ive been wanting to achieve the same (as most enthusiast do) so i bought a nikon 105mm micro vr. i thought this lens alone could the job as the raynox does. i saw different samples in other forum and they are just using a 50mm prime lens paired w raynox. and some are dprosumer cams just like you do. do you think my nikon micro lens is such a waste? or will it have advantage (if raynox is attached) over normal lenses w the same filter?

other input is appreciated

i hope you understand my english

Hi Rex and thanks, the Raynox is OK, but has problems too, focus is difficult, and depth of field is very small. While you can use one with SLR lenses, it is designed for point and shoot cameras, there are other options for dSLR-users ...Like extension tubes...

http://www.tincheungcamera.com.hk/advan ... cription=0

These tubes attach between your lens and camera to help you focus at closer distances, which will increase the lenses effective magnification, I think this would be your best option? Maybe some of our Nikon users can chime in with suggestions, as I'm not too familiar with modern Nikon equipment. But remember equipment is only as good as the person using it, macro photography can be a difficult to achieve satisfactory results, Photography is 50% photographer, 40% light and 10% equipment...


P.S. Your English is 1,000 times better than my Cantonese

I'm in love with the second shot - gorgeous
Glad to hear the spider was unharmed -

Extension tubes are one of the best ways to increase magnification. Kenko make an inexpensive set for Nikon (as well as Canon) and they are very effective. See: Kenko Extension Tubes

Fantastic shots Bugeyes. I was really impressed with the sharpness and exposure on the bit I saw - until I ran screaming from the room.

Now I'm only new here but can I respectfully suggest that these kinds of shots be labeled NSFW also (not safe for wooses)!

Great work. I'm just trying to broaden my horizons and a set of Kenko's has now been added to my wishlist.

Cheers, Muzz

Rex
The Nikkor 105mm macro lens is a magnificent lens...one of the best on the market. If you still need to get closer then, as advised by others on this thread, buy a set of extension tubes and mate them up with your macro lens. This will get you into the eye of the needle type shots without giving away any lens quality. On the downside you will only be able to work in manual mode....but this is no problem after a little practice.

Your forum name of Bugeyes seems especially appropriate for these shots, particularly #2 and #3!

Anyway, great shots, extremely well done. You have nailed the focus.

And Rez - you have a top lens there, I have the older (non VR) Nikkor 105 and it is a cracker. You
can do some magical macro stuff with that, don't worry!

Matt, the Kenko tubes support both CPU linkage and auto focus. Auto focus works fine with my Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D lens. According to the Kenko site, you are not meant to get AF with AF-S lenses, but it seems to work with my AF-S 18--55mm.

Note that I don't actually use AF for my macro shots, but I use the AF-ON button to adjust the focus with my right hand to keep my left hand free for holding perches, etc.

Can you use the extension tubes with the 105VR lens? Not having an aperture ring I would have thought it wouldn't work?

tommyg wrote:Can you use the extension tubes with the 105VR lens? Not having an aperture ring I would have thought it wouldn't work?

You can use the Kenko tubes as they have CPU linkage.

I'll confirm Andrew's opinion.
I have used the Kenko tubes with the 105VR.
No problem except that you almost need the subject inside the lens if you use all three at once.

Great idea to put her into the freezer - where did you get that? And how do you know that no little spiders come crawling out of your veggies in a few days? Just kidding - great shots, my fav is #2!

@ blacknstormy, ATJ, matt k, greg B, tommyg, mr darcy, trevor and bugeyes thank you so much guys. your input is such a big help to everybody.

I did a quick test with the tubes and the 105VR.
Results are at
http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=35215&p=379755#p379755

No problem except that you almost need the subject inside the lens if you use all three at once

I was wrong on this. It just seems that way . Closest focussing is 120mm (five inches to those metric challenged readers) to front of lens