Harlingen Chocolate Brown Tarantula

Posted by kml7090 on Mon Jul 11, 2016 1:36 pm

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[font=Arial]Aphonopelma harlingenum (OK, I used to be a biologist and this is a south Texas specialty tarantula)[/font]
[font=Arial]2/250 sec, f/20, ISO 3200, 100mm Canon macro lens[/font]
Photographed inside a fabric soft box outside, not flash, local spider released to same location
Light crop and edit in LR, additional clarity, vignette, noise-reduction, color correction.
My goal for invertebrates is to avoid cuteness and get biological veracity while creating a good photo.
Photographed at Laguna Seca Ranch, Hidalgo county, south Texas.

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by Tom Whelan on Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:16 pm

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Fine pose and excellent lighting, nicely detailed.

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by Matthew Pugh on Wed Jul 13, 2016 5:27 am

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Hi

But he looks soooooooo cute

Sorry could not resist lol

Seriously though a fine image - good pose, nice lighting and good DOF/sharpness throughout - it works cuteness and all

All the best
Matthew

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by hawksnaturphoto on Fri Jul 15, 2016 12:17 pm

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Tom Whelan wrote:Fine pose and excellent lighting, nicely detailed.

I agree.

Regards

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by kml7090 on Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:56 pm

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Thanks mucho - As you can tell, this creature was in a soft box with a paper background. I am beginning to think that the backgrounds on my shots of this nature are a little too plain. This is saying a lot from a fan of clear backgrounds. I believe I will have to find a slightly more complex background for these.

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