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Caught. (Warning: spider)

DrLex

Well-Known Member
Those with arachnophobia or a general fear/repulsion for insects may want to skip this one…

The fly must have been freshly caught at this moment, it was still struggling. I had to aim in between moments when it moved.

P6091863-dprf.jpg
  • OM Digital Solutions - OM-5
  • OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro
  • 60.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/50 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • 0.7
  • ISO 640


The spider had retreated to its hiding place shortly after, obviously waiting for the toxins to do their work.
P6091867-dprf.jpg
  • OM Digital Solutions - OM-5
  • OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro
  • 60.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/20 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • 1
  • ISO 400


At this point the fly was motionless enough that I could take a series of focus bracketed shots. I have tried the in-camera stacking, but an open-source program did a better job.
P6091945-P6091962-stacked-dprf.jpg
  • OM Digital Solutions - OM-5
  • OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro
  • 60.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/20 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • 0.3
  • ISO 400


About a half hour later the fly was gone, apparently transported to the spider's place, ready for consumption.
 
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