The Kill

Macromeds · Jul 24, 2011

Unusually, I was about to cup my hand around this young Gecko for a closer look when from around the corner of the wall at lightning speed came this big-ish Huntsman, about four inches leg span. Spider must have known Gecko was coming, probably from signal lines laid down. And it was over soon enough as Spider silently crept away into the darkness of the house's wooden framework , still carrying his dinner, glistening venom falling over one eye of it as he went.

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carizi · Jul 24, 2011

Killer shots (no pun intended) and great timing from you......!!!!!!!......

Esner · Jul 24, 2011

Brilliant, well executed, and utterly scaring!

jalywol · Jul 24, 2011

Just...Wow!

-J

nzmacro · Jul 24, 2011

Totally outstanding Mark. The thing macro dreams are made of. SUPERB work and shots.

Danny.
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A few flying gadgets

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Macromeds · Jul 25, 2011

Thanks C. Yes, timing was critical on this one. There was a long enough window as I was there at the start.

carizi said:
Killer shots (no pun intended) and great timing from you......!!!!!!!......

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Mark - http://www.beingmark.com - http://beingmark.com/macro-illustrated/

carlvds · Jul 25, 2011

Good lord! This is really NG stuff! Never seen anything like this.
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and a bunch of OM lenses (see profile/plan)

Gaber · Jul 25, 2011

--Outstanding shots, and yes, timing is everything, but you got it and in focus perfectly. You do a great job with that Pany.

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ozdean · Jul 25, 2011

Wonderful photography Mark.
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Pimpleportrait · Jul 25, 2011

Can't get any better than this. Do put this in a wildlife competition. You may well win.

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Macromeds · Jul 26, 2011

Thanks Esner, appreciated. Isn't nature impolite? (

Esner said:
Brilliant, well executed, and utterly scaring!

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Mark - http://www.beingmark.com - http://beingmark.com/macro-illustrated/

Macromeds · Jul 26, 2011

Cheers J. (

jalywol said:
Just...Wow!

-J

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radamczak · Jul 27, 2011

Outstanding macros, Mark, and a horror story to boot. You could sell those to a wildlife magazine. Excellent lighting and plenty of DOF from the FZ50.
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Richard

Drummer · Jul 27, 2011

You centainly killed with those shots. Man, those are amazingly good.

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David
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tchuanye · Jul 27, 2011

Wow, excellent capture!

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Emeraldforest · Jul 27, 2011

Holy Moly!!! That is down right scary.
You did such a great job on that series. What amazing photos.
That spider must be huge? I would not want that crawling up my leg!!
Ditto on the submitting those photos. They are blue ribbons for sure!!
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nikheat · Jul 28, 2011

Wow, nice catch, sharp and good light too.
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Regards
Nik

Macromeds · Jul 31, 2011

Thanks Danny.

nzmacro said:
Totally outstanding Mark. The thing macro dreams are made of. SUPERB work and shots.

Danny.
...........................
m4/3 macro

http://www.macrophotos.com/g2macro

A few flying gadgets

http://www.macrophotos.com/birds/birds%20c2.html

http://www.macrophotos.com

Worry about the image that comes out of the box, rather than the box itself.

--
Mark - http://www.beingmark.com - http://beingmark.com/macro-illustrated/

Macromeds · Jul 31, 2011

Thanks Carl, appreciated.

carlvds said:
Good lord! This is really NG stuff! Never seen anything like this.
--

E620, ZD 9-18, ZD14-42, ZD 14-45, ZD 14-54MKII, ZD50mm 2.0, ZD 40-150 mkI & II, ZD 70-300, Sigma 105mm 2.8 macro
EPL-1 14-42mm MKI and VF-2
and a bunch of OM lenses (see profile/plan)

--
Mark - http://www.beingmark.com - http://beingmark.com/macro-illustrated/

Macromeds · Jul 31, 2011

Thanks Richard. Yes, a very handy cam.

radamczak said:
Outstanding macros, Mark, and a horror story to boot. You could sell those to a wildlife magazine. Excellent lighting and plenty of DOF from the FZ50.
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Richard

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Mark - http://www.beingmark.com - http://beingmark.com/macro-illustrated/

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