Couple great opportunities today to capture spiders and grasshoppers at Sweet Arrow Reserve. These photos are hand-held photographs that have been focus-stacked in Photoshop (two images stacked for the spider, three images for the brown grasshopper, and a single exposure for the nymph).
Jumping Spider Nikon D7000 ISO 400 1/250 sec. Nikkor 105mm f/4 Micro AI manual focus lens + 27mm + 20mm + 14mm + 12mm extension tubes, off-body flash with DIY snoot/diffuser
Grasshopper Nikon D7000 ISO 400 1/250 sec. Nikkor 105mm f/4 Micro AI manual focus lens + 27mm + 20mm + 14mm + 12mm extension tubes, off-body flash with DIY snoot/diffuser
Grasshopper Nymph Nikon D7000 ISO 400 1/250 sec. Nikkor 105mm f/4 Micro AI manual focus lens + 27mm + 20mm + 14mm + 12mm extension tubes, off-body flash with DIY snoot/diffuser
