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Eight legs - Arachnids

Challenge #1 in the Bexter's challenges series. Hosted by Bexter.

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Submit your best picture of an arachnid with 8 legs. Crabs, Octopus's and other eight legged animals not allowed. Anything in the Arachnid family is ok - Spiders, Scorpions tick's etc. Please give any information you have on what the arachnid is, where it was taken and any interesting stories about getting the photograph.

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Announced:

Wednesday, 13th May, 2009 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 20th May, 2009 – Tuesday, 26th May, 2009 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 27th May, 2009 – Tuesday, 2nd June, 2009 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No HDR - Single images only
Cropping ok
Basic post processing ok (sharpening, colour, contrast etc)

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

1 entry per user
Try to state what the picture is of (not expecting latin names but a little information is good if you have it)
Arachnids only (Spiders, Scorpions, Tick's etc)
No other eight legged animals (Crabs Octopus's etc)

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

500

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by AlexeyD

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Little (about 5-7mm long) curious spider crawled to my table to have a look around and pose for the camera...

Camera:	Nikon D200
Lens:	Old Sigma 24mm F/2.8 reversed
Submitted:	Tuesday, 26th May, 2009 18:28 (GMT)
Taken:	Tuesday, 26th May, 2009
Focal length:	24 mm
Shutter speed:	1/125 sec
Aperture:	F2.8
ISO:	100
Notes:	I used reversed old Sigma 24mm F/2.8 prime lens (aperture set at f/16 despite what camera shows) and SB800 flash (standing next to the camera, remotely triggered).
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