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RenseH
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 Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:50 am Post subject: Toiletspider with the Vivitar 55mm/F2.8 1:1 macro |
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RenseH wrote:
Yesterday evening, I tried to make some portraits of this natural beauty that lives in our toilet. It's a common house spider, Tegenaria atrica.
EDIT: On the Dutch Pentax forum, some members were complaining about dirty spots on both sides of the spider. So here is an improved one...
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:54 am Post subject: |
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Esox lucius wrote:
If this was a try  I can't wait to see the results when you really place an effort on it!
Seriously, great macro of an arachnid - wow. Would you care to share some of the technique involved?
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Poolhall wrote:
Very very good we have them too I think  in the bedroom.... |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:30 am Post subject: |
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RenseH wrote:
Thank you both!
No, of course it's no problem at all to share the technique, it's not that special at all. The point is: the tiles in our toilet are about white. With brown dots, but white overall. And on my camera I use a home-made diffuser, just like this one:
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The one in the picture is not mine. It's made of cardboard, coated with aluminium foil on the inside to reflect the on board flash. At the end of the diffuser, that has to be just a tad longer than the lens, I taped some diffusing material.
The effect is some well lit macro with very much detail. And in this case - because of the white tiles - an almost white background, which can be improved in LightRoom or any other PP program.
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mo wrote:
Incredible set up and result...not a fan of spiders, how big is it roughly?
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
Urrrrgh! Thanks for that!! Incredible shot though, great technique!
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Attila wrote:
Stunning pictures! Many thanks for sharing technical details!
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RenseH wrote:
Thanks again!
There is a Polish guy, to be found under the name grzehoofr on the internet. He makes I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E macros with this kind of macro diffuser. Google him, it's worth it!
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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RenseH wrote:
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| Incredible set up and result...not a fan of spiders, how big is it roughly? |
Hmmm. With or without legs....? 
The body is about a cm, I guess. So with the legs stretched this one is about 5 cm?
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mo wrote:
Big enough for me not to use your toilet....only kidding 
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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RenseH wrote:
| Mo-Fo wrote: |
| Big enough for me not to use your toilet....only kidding |
It seems far enough too....
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:45 am Post subject: |
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Himself wrote:
I take that you're using the built-in flash, right?
Tomorrow I'll make meself a difuser like that one.
Very practical idea. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:55 am Post subject: |
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RenseH wrote:
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I take that you're using the built-in flash, right?
Tomorrow I'll make meself a difuser like that one.
Very practical idea. |
Yes, it's the on-board flash indeed!
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RenseH wrote:
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I take that you're using the built-in flash, right?
Tomorrow I'll make meself a difuser like that one.
Very practical idea. |
Read this one: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/498274-post65.html
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