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Spider Time of Year - Orb Weaver

            While the dew sits on the grass it also reveals where all the spiders have built their webs.  Yesterday, the air was calm (I thought) so out I went to see what I could find.  The other day I was interested in the grasses with the MO and rising sunlight so now I headed out with the 125mm Voigtlander mounted on a tripod to see if I could find a willing spider. This one was very willing to let me get set up and take a few shots.  The first problem was that found that even at f/11, I still needed some stacking to get the spider from it's furry butt to the legs.  I also found that while the spider looks still to the eye, under magnification it, and the web are really blowing in the "wind". I took a few 10-15 image stacks but didn't like the results.  I finally went with three images and the stack came out pretty good, not perfect, but not too bad. If you enlarge the image the details hold up and after seeing it's hairy body and cute face I know I'll be back at it. 

Shot with: VOIGTLANDER, 125mm f/2.5 SL, MACRO APO-LANTHAR, shot @ f/11, 3 Layer Focus Stack Rendered w/Helicon Focus, (B,R5,S3).  Interesting to note that the bokeh balls looks pretty round but actually have 9 sides to match the lenses 9 blades of the aperture diaphragm.

FYI: This morning we had 15 deer in the front yard so the bucks can't be far behind.

Taken in: United States / New Jersey / Blairstown Township / Jacksonburg (show map)

Taken on: October 5, 2023

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Orb Weaver

Spider

Dew

Voigtlander

125mm

APO-Lanthar

Focus

Stack

Helicon

Helicon Focus

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Sets appears in: • My Yard 2023 • Voigtlander 125mm Macro Apo-Lanthar more » • Stack Images • Bokeh Studies « less

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/11.0, 1/320 sec, 135mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	0.0 mm f/0.0
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	135mm
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 24.7 (Windows)
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