Jumping spider
Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 20x NA 0.42, tube lens: ITL200 (Nikon) 200mm
Illumination: Oblique and UV fluorescence

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What is the difference to the previous pictures,
e.g. that one?
The photo was taken in the evening, where the web was already full of pollen. This is the origin of the yellow bubbles in the "sky".

juvenile crowned orb weaver (Araneus diadematus)

Vintage lens: Domiplan 2.8/ 50 Meyer-Optik Görlitz

The physical diffraction and light scattering effects on spider webs depend on many things, like incident light angle, thickness of the threads (and thus the spider species) and so on.

In addition, there comes the specific bokeh rendering of the lens used, which can lead to very surprising results. Im am showing only a few of many possible results here. BTW, the spider's name is "Emma", she is our new pet and lives on the balkony. She is really a very patient model :-)

Magnification approx. 1:1

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Misumena vatia

Stack, approx. 20 pics

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This spider has size about 2mm

The UV induced fluorescence lets you notice details, which are almost absent with white illumination.

Same guy, but with white (darkfield) illumination is shown here

Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 10x NA 0.28, tube lens: Thorlabs 165mm
Illumination: UV (365nm) and oblique

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Steatoda triangulosa with cocoon and eggs

She made altogether 6 such cocoons, around 30 eggs each!

Story to be continued!

LAOWA 100mm/f2.8 UltraMacro

Detail of the cocoon
Cocoon in UVIFV


Handheld fast stack with flash

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