Drinking coffee this morning I look out the back patio/pool area into the yard and see..."something". What is that? Is it an inside-the-house light reflecting off the sliding door? No. What is it? I need to investigate...
It was one of several Bowl and Doily Spider webs. Took this with the RF 18-150mm, because that's what was mounted on the R7.
You can see the fantastic architecture of the web suspension thanks to the heavy dew.
There was another web nearby that was at a good height for using a tripod to find the web-designer involved - usually the female. But alas, I could not spot a spider on either. But there was a third web, higher up on a nearby tree, but no tripod was going to work for that height, I had to handhold. So as result I used a very high ISO to get a high enough shutter speed with a higher aperture so I could get a reasonably focused shot using my non-IS EF 100mm f/2.8 macro:
This web was less dense than the others, so maybe that's why I could spot the spider and get a clear shot. The females (I assume this is a female, they are the ones who build the web, the males hang out for a while then leave, apparently) are about 3 to 4mm in body length (1/8" or so). That's the full frame (of an R7) above, no cropping. I put the lens into manual focus mode, got up and close, and let my body drift as I took a bunch of photos, hoping one or more would have the spider in the focal plane. Seems to have worked. I'm pointed upward at about 45 deg, with some tree and sky in the background. Sun wasn't really up yet, still behind the tree line.
Oh, and now I really want the RF 100mm f/2.8 L! I lusted after the EF version for years because it had IS, but now I think I will put the RF on my 'want" list.
It was one of several Bowl and Doily Spider webs. Took this with the RF 18-150mm, because that's what was mounted on the R7.
You can see the fantastic architecture of the web suspension thanks to the heavy dew.
There was another web nearby that was at a good height for using a tripod to find the web-designer involved - usually the female. But alas, I could not spot a spider on either. But there was a third web, higher up on a nearby tree, but no tripod was going to work for that height, I had to handhold. So as result I used a very high ISO to get a high enough shutter speed with a higher aperture so I could get a reasonably focused shot using my non-IS EF 100mm f/2.8 macro:
This web was less dense than the others, so maybe that's why I could spot the spider and get a clear shot. The females (I assume this is a female, they are the ones who build the web, the males hang out for a while then leave, apparently) are about 3 to 4mm in body length (1/8" or so). That's the full frame (of an R7) above, no cropping. I put the lens into manual focus mode, got up and close, and let my body drift as I took a bunch of photos, hoping one or more would have the spider in the focal plane. Seems to have worked. I'm pointed upward at about 45 deg, with some tree and sky in the background. Sun wasn't really up yet, still behind the tree line.
Oh, and now I really want the RF 100mm f/2.8 L! I lusted after the EF version for years because it had IS, but now I think I will put the RF on my 'want" list.
