Insects with non macro lenses

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mikew_RIP

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Tamron 150-600

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paul04

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Had to double check this picture to make sure it was not upside down.
 

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SkvLTD

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I remember trying to play with diopters, but I don't think it was that great hence why I hardly did too much of it. Its not like the critters would let me closer to them if I cut the min. focal distance, but reach sure helps.
 
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J-see

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It works great with the 70-300mm. I tried to use the lens without close-up but I was too far from my subject. Often I had a hard time finding it through my lens. With the +4 I'm just below a foot which is an acceptable distance. Between 70 and 200mm it works wonderful for such a cheap investment. Between 200 and 300mm however it becomes amazingly hard to get good shots.
 
wev

wev

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Very nice female Argiope aurantia. We are supposed to have them here in SoCal, but I've not run across one.
 
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Blacktop

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Very nice female Argiope aurantia
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I just thought it was a spider.;)

BTW, how can you tell that it's a female?

We are supposed to have them here in SoCal, but I've not run across one
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It's the first time I've seen a nice big colorful spider around here.
Funny, I was upstairs thinking about going for a walk and maybe taking a few pics, when my wife all of a sudden start yelling. SPIDER!! OMG!!
So I run downstairs, and she wants to know what we're going to do about it?
I said, I don't know what you're going to do, but I'm taking pictures.;)
 
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Bill16

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Some of these spiders make me wonder if they are spiders, or just walking sticker bushes! Lol ;)
Cool shots Pete! Way to go buddy! :D
 
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Bill16

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Size buddy! Females are bigger than males, often by a lot! She will be several times his size, and she will be the web builder I believe. Since he spends his life searching for her trying to mate with her. :)

At least I believe this is right, though I'm not really that knowledgeable on the subject. Lol :)

Blacktop said:
I just thought it was a spider.;)

BTW, how can you tell that it's a female?



It's the first time I've seen a nice big colorful spider around here.
Funny, I was upstairs thinking about going for a walk and maybe taking a few pics, when my wife all of a sudden start yelling. SPIDER!! OMG!!
So I run downstairs, and she wants to know what we're going to do about it?
I said, I don't know what you're going to do, but I'm taking pictures.;)
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wev

wev

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Blacktop said:
BTW, how can you tell that it's a female?
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As @Bill16 said, female spiders are usually much larger than the male and generally more colorful. The male Argiope is a scrawny dull brown fellow with long legs to body size. She probably ate him after mating -- another trait that washed out of our gene pool, for which we should count our lucky evolutionary stars.
 
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