Sidymella longipes

?Sidymella longipes

I think this is Sidymella longipes, a spider belonging to the Crab spider family. It could well be a Sidymella trapezia, but according to my reading, the Sidymella trapezia is smaller and have a more proportional leg length. If any arachnologist out there could give me a pointer, I am very happy to edit this post and get the ID right.

Venturing into macro photography. It is a different ball game compared to bird photography and event photography that I am more used to.  I still have the Canon 350D body, still waiting for the 5D mk3 to be released. The macro-lens used in this shot is the Canon EF 100mm F2.8L IS, beautiful lens that give you 1:1 magnification. Would be nice to have 5x magnification, but this would mean I need to learn how to use the extension tubes (or get a new lens).

It would be nice to have the Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, but that would set me back another 1000AUD. Modified my 580 EX II a little, I thought the effect is not bad. Could not have done this without a flash.

Depth-of-field is challenging. Could hardly get one of the eyes in focus, and this spider got about eight eyes!

 

Inspired by the peacock spider dance. Maybe one day I will find one in my backyard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgAbyYDFeg

 

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