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Ting Garden spider

I bought a new flash gun for my Pentax K-5 at Christmas which I've been experimenting with over the last few months.

Today I went out into the garden with my Tamron 90mm lens and a Raynox 250 Close up adapter fitted, to try some macro pictures with the lens set to F/32 to maximize the Depth of field. The shot shown above was my most successful picture, taken of a tiny garden spider sitting on a leaf sunning him(her?)self. The spider was about 5mm in length, but at this level of magnification there is quite a nice amount of detail shown. With the aperture set to F/32 most of the spider's body is in focus, making a nice detailed shot.

  • Tamron 90mm
  • Pentax K-5
  • Raynox 250
  • F/32
  • iso160
  • 1/160 sec
  • 90mm + Raynox 250

Comments (5)

  1. Pat
    Terrific macro!

    Comments (1)

    1. Simon Hawketts
      Thank you - I'm quite pleased with it but I think the flash helped a lot by allowing me to get the aperture to F/32.
  2. Reinhardt
    Love this picture! As I read the description I thought "hey, that's the macro lens I'm looking to buy!", and then, "so I will be able to attach a Raynox to it!". You managed to answer my questions and provide a great picture at the same time! :)

    Comments (1)

    1. Simon Hawketts
      Glad I was able to help! Thanks for the comment
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