Something a little different today. We have a spider living basically right outside of our front door. It has spun it’s scary beautiful web between the end of our mailbox and our brick. It’s a popular spot – we had one there last year as well. I have been looking at it for a few days now and rather than kill it like I really REALLY want to do (I am not a spider fan in the slightest), I decided to attempt to conquer my fears and get some cool photos of it instead. I have this macro lens that I use for my newborns, so why not on something different? I had used it to capture a baby bee a few days prior and got a really nice shot…so I set off to get the spider. This involved me getting about six inches away from the spider. Looking back, I must have been really focused on “getting the shot.” Because I don’t know that I would get that close again. And thank goodness the thing didn’t move because you would have heard me shriek wherever you are living.
Let me tell you, macro shots are a lot more difficult than I thought they would be. (I am going to drift into photographer speak here for a minute so bear with me) The depth of field is just SO so shallow shooting that close that to get the entire spider in focus I found was almost impossible. Especially when the wind would blow the web. Even the slightest little breeze would throw everything off. I finally ended up shooting at f/16 for the last shot and even then I still didn’t get the entire thing perfectly focused. Ah well. I am still pretty pleased. And I could have gotten closer and gotten even more detail but yeahhhhh. Wasn’t happening. So enjoy something different for a minute…starting with the baby bee to not freak people out right away.
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