Anterior Median and Anterior Lateral Eyes of a Phidippus princeps Jumping Spider
Click here to watch a video I took of this spider earlier today.
Make sure to watch it in high quality!
This little Phidippus princeps was found (not by me) inside, and photographed before her I released her.
I always plan to take a short video of each spider I find, but I usually forget, so the linked video above is pretty rare for me. It's fascinating to watch the palp and chelicerae movement, as it's really mechanical and jerky sometimes, almost like stop-motion animation.
The above photo ( a minor crop) was taken at ~7-8:1 magnification with the 28mm reversed to some extension tubes mounted to the bellows. The lens was set to f/5.6, to preserve sharpness, but as a result the depth of field was extremely shallow. Therefore, I had to take a photo for each individual eye. I ended up stacking 5 photos manually in photoshop (it took forever).
The original photo before resizing is pretty impressive, as you can see actual ridges in the scales on the side of her head, and you can see the thread-work of the shirt reflected in her eyes! I actually had to focus stack the reflections in her eyes.
I try to do the best I can with processing these images, but if anything looks bizarre or poorly done to you, please speak up, as I can't see all of my mistakes.
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:chris:, recaptured, neonfish3, Goshinsky, and 231 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Thomas Shahan (55 months ago | reply)
She was a lively little jumper, and she was always looking for away to escape:
Here she is looking over the edge of a leaf:
A crop showing the structure of the scales around one of her eyes:
Modo Frodo's Cabinet of Curiosities (55 months ago | reply)
Another fantastic series of shots. The hair details are so crisp it almost looks like rice. This thing must have been very small!
:chris: (55 months ago | reply)
Awesome as always. This never fails to impress me.
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SMB(spidermanbryce) (55 months ago | reply)
brilliant shots
Iranian Roseate ... (55 months ago | reply)
Jee
Excellent Shot
saute_egail (55 months ago | reply)
Fantastique ! Bravo !
wrrroah (55 months ago | reply)
Awesome!
mharoldsewell (55 months ago | reply)
Fantastic clarity...!!
Nfoka (55 months ago | reply)
Wow.. great macro, that´s incredibe photo!!!
♫ ♪ Vanoy ♫ ♪ (55 months ago | reply)
wow wow wow! me la llevo sin dudarlo..
fidia (55 months ago | reply)
These photos and video left me speechless for a moment. Superb job, congratulations.
rafael milani [deleted] (55 months ago | reply)
amazing!!!
msanfel (55 months ago | reply)
Spectacular!
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Jοey (55 months ago | reply)
Absolutely gorgeous close detail!! Love it!!
martinpulido36 (55 months ago | reply)
amazing man
im blown away
Ernestino Maravalhas (NoVDO) (55 months ago | reply)
Supercute set of photos!
Excellent work, as the DoF is very low ;-)
jcorreasg (55 months ago | reply)
Very nice macro-work. Regards
guido.r (55 months ago | reply)
great work
stuart.shone (55 months ago | reply)
you are a superb photographer............
Great Macro!
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Fliker_2000 (55 months ago | reply)
Impressive work my dear friend! great composition
thanx for sharing
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Gery SINGER (55 months ago | reply)
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stevlim16 (54 months ago | reply)
Hi Opto Terser, Really some of the best eye shots, like mirrors....
siusi_cor (54 months ago | reply)
to encantada!!!!!!!
Geert Orye (54 months ago | reply)
woow
Nice close up!
Excellent picture!
flambard (53 months ago | reply)
Such a fantastic photo!
Carl Scott (53 months ago | reply)
outstanding macro, superb details, awesome
Wow this is a beautiful creation of nature!
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spleenful (53 months ago | reply)
Absolutely awesome. Amazing clarity, gorgeous work!!
Wow this is a beautiful creation of nature!
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Gery SINGER (53 months ago | reply)
Fantastic!
anuwintschalek (53 months ago | reply)
Brrr!
Wow this is a beautiful creation of nature!
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P i n u s (53 months ago | reply)
Fantastic work !
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IndyDina with Mr. Wonderful (53 months ago | reply)
Wow - this is great. I faved it for the reflections...wish there were more stars for faving!
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yann112. (52 months ago | reply)
It has a mesmerizing this splendid spider look, I love your artistic style and your technical proficiency!
Opo congratulations for your wonderful achievements, hat!
Best regards
Yanick
MasterTaker (52 months ago | reply)
Wow this is truly.
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Cheryl Elliott (49 months ago | reply)
I love all of your pictures of spiders!
coyrooster (49 months ago | reply)
As you must know from probing the sky, 700 light years away in the Aquarius constellation The Helix has come to be known as The Eye of God. But surely Nature, the Force, the Tao, the Almighty ineffable inconceivable Creator has eyes in every nook & cranny of the cosmos ~~ figuratively at least, and literally more often than imagined as your mesmerizing macro demonstrates. In this case the itsy-bitsy head on a fuzzy creature smaller than a pinkie fingernail has eight eyes to behold the world, four of which gaze ahead through your eyes, extension tubes & bellows with astonishing nonchalance. As for the suave hair style there's no telling what the Supreme Divine Designer had in mind, but it sure is chic on a strawberry blonde petite princess Phidippus princeps. (P.S. Does she ever blink?) Positively prepossessing up closer.
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Robert Brindley (49 months ago | reply)
I concur with all of the above and cannot add a swat because your images and now 'coyroosters' comment have left me speechless.
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Spirit Dancing (49 months ago | reply)
I've never seen anything like this. Your macros are incredible. I'm not necessarily a spider lover, but you sure make them appealing. Some of your images make them seem downright adorable. I think I'll have to have a closer conversation with "Charlotte" a large fuzzy spider that's been living in a corner of my bedroom ceiling for a while. (Didn't have the heart to disturb her merely for the sake of cleanliness.) So glad to have discovered your work. Thank you also for sharing the technical data on how you capture them.
Thomas Shahan (49 months ago | reply)
coyrooster- Yes, I'm familiar with the Helix Nebula. Hopefully I can photograph it myself someday.
And no, jumping spiders do not blink. As you can see in the video, if their eyes get dirty, they simply wipe them off with their palps :)
Spirit Dancing - Keep an eye on my photostream, as there will surely be many more jumping spiders and insects to come as summer has now officially started for me!
mgw_wgw (49 months ago | reply)
What can I say but WOW!!
Diep159 (49 months ago | reply)
In your foto, it's look wonderful !
It in real, it isn't lovely at all
nice to meet your work
agaaa90 (49 months ago | reply)
wow, it's just awesome!
jsmags (48 months ago | reply)
Wow- amazing! I am inspired to take a few macro pictures this weekend :|
ciao
tomatito rodriguez (48 months ago | reply)
Hello Opo, I would appreciate if you could add your photo in to my group HQ Macro Thank you
Sam Martin (abikeOdyssey) (47 months ago | reply)
These ones are truly fantastic. Great job on the stack too!
Jo Ao [deleted] (45 months ago | reply)
Congratulations for this inspiration moment of photo's capture.
Gian Luigi Fadda (43 months ago | reply)
Wow, your shot is very best.
Hi Gigi
Bill_Cross (40 months ago | reply)
Fine macro work............
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Shuggie!! (40 months ago | reply)
This is as good an image of its type that I've seen .. period!
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PAL1970 (40 months ago | reply)
Being a fan of macros, this is fantastic and stunning.... Out of this world!!!
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