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Offline CAP1

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the sign of a bored person
« on: September 12, 2011, 06:53:06 PM »
is a person that goes outside at night, and snaps pictures of a spider.

 this one kinda sucks....he was working, and i couldn't get close in on him, although i was trying.

 another one building.....

yet another one building.....


 he's sittin there waitin for dinner now....





 the lighting in some of these sucks, as i set the camera on super close....and that apparently disables the flash. this guy's about the size of a quarter.
 it was funny, as mom is up visiting...and came outside to see what i was doing. when she saw the web, she nearly passed out....then she got skittish, and nervous, when she saw me putting the camera only a couple inches from the guy. she's terrified of spiders.

 i took these with an olympus sp-600uz. seems like a pretty decent camera, for someone that doesn't know how to do specific settings.
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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2011, 06:57:43 PM »
If your that bored you could always recreate this old experiment on spiders.  I use this vid to teach my kids all the time about why they should stay away from certain things!  :aok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc
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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2011, 07:20:35 PM »
Still pretty cool, CAP1.

Looking at the camera specs:
Focus Range (from lens surface)
Normal mode: Wide: 5.9" – infinity (0.15m – infinity); Tele: 70.9" – infinity (1.8m – infinity)
Macro mode: Wide: 5.9" – infinity (0.15m – infinity); Tele: 70.9" – infinity (1.8m – infinity)
Super Macro mode: 0.39" – 4.72" (0.01m – 0.12m)

Were you in Super Macro mode for the real close up? 

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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2011, 07:21:34 PM »
some good pics cap, definately a cool spider.
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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2011, 07:22:22 PM »
Spider = smash!
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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2011, 07:23:33 PM »
When you see spider like that one building a web, that is an indication that cool/cold weather is less then a month away.
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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2011, 07:36:51 PM »
Quote from: oakranger on September 12, 2011, 07:23:33 PM
When you see spider like that one building a web, that is an indication that cool/cold weather is less then a month away.

Damn it.  All this time I was using a calendar for that.  :bhead
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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2011, 07:44:14 PM »
Quote from: APDrone on September 12, 2011, 07:20:35 PM
Still pretty cool, CAP1.

Looking at the camera specs:
Focus Range (from lens surface)
Normal mode: Wide: 5.9" – infinity (0.15m – infinity); Tele: 70.9" – infinity (1.8m – infinity)
Macro mode: Wide: 5.9" – infinity (0.15m – infinity); Tele: 70.9" – infinity (1.8m – infinity)
Super Macro mode: 0.39" – 4.72" (0.01m – 0.12m)

Were you in Super Macro mode for the real close up? 



yea.....i wanted to see how much detail i could get. it was dark, so i had an led penlight in one hand, shining on him, and was having a little trouble holding the camera steady.
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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2011, 07:45:26 PM »
Quote from: oakranger on September 12, 2011, 07:23:33 PM
When you see spider like that one building a web, that is an indication that cool/cold weather is less then a month away.

really? i hadn't known that.

 he's been in that same area of the yard for about 2 weeks now. i keep going out there, waiting to see how big he gets.
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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2011, 07:48:17 PM »
He is a killing machine!

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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2011, 07:51:37 PM »
That's a pretty neat feature of that camera!

I have a ton of fun with my macro lens.
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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2011, 08:05:03 PM »
Quote from: APDrone on September 12, 2011, 07:51:37 PM
That's a pretty neat feature of that camera!

I have a ton of fun with my macro lens.

 i'd try to take some in the daylight, but he's hiding in the bush, and the web's not there. he starts building it around dusk. i wanted to get some pics of him building, but you saw the results. i don't know how to get the camera to snap and focus faster. if we weren't getting so dam much rain here, i'd put my video camera out there on a tripod, and use one of my worklights to light the work....and get a vid of him building it. it truly is amazing how those guys do what they do.

 my camera doesn't have changeable lenses.....i scroll through the menu to select the shooting mode. those last couple pics, the lens was only about 2" from him.  :D
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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2011, 08:06:05 PM »
Quote from: Nypsy on September 12, 2011, 07:48:17 PM
He is a killing machine!



spiders actually are pretty dam cool. as long as they aren't big enough to make us dinner that is.
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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2011, 08:18:32 PM »
 :eek:huge spider is huge!
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Re: the sign of a bored person
« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2011, 08:21:11 PM »
Quote from: CAP1 on September 12, 2011, 08:06:05 PM
spiders actually are pretty dam cool. as long as they aren't big enough to make us dinner that is.

LOL.. yup.  They eat bugs..   Anything that eats bugs is a friend of mine. 

A friend posted a pic of a spider that she found in her hair after she had been outside..  my wife is freakin..

Me, of course, inspired by your pics, CAP1, go outside and immediately spot this little fellow feeding on a grasshopper( or some other exo-skeletal life form )  in his hovel.



I expect to have LOTS of fun for the next few weeks..

Muahahaaaaaaa
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