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Teus !QbSstcPD6U
macro time, to put all the stuff from the gear thread to a good use.

Nikon D200, 55mm Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5
Nikon SB600 fired by popup commander from the left with 14mm diffuser, direct hard light from slightly lower then the spider.
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>> Teus !QbSstcPD6U
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>> Teus !QbSstcPD6U
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with 52.5mm extension tube

SB600 on-camera with sto-fen omnibounce. gives nice light from above, but I should shoot RAW so I can recover more shadow detail + use dustoff reference photo.
maybe balancing with sunlight could help.

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>> Teus !QbSstcPD6U
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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>72810

Wow, how did you get that shot? Was that fly alive?
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
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mmm delicious
>> Teus !QbSstcPD6U
>>73226
what fly?

there's just the spider, chilling like a villain in its web. they dont care too much getting photographed as long you dont kill their web
>> Teus !QbSstcPD6U
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have some offcamera sidelight. need some fill-in, not easy to juggle around with a strobe when they move all the time. unrelated bug on the right.

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