I posted a few macro shots here yesterday and I got some great feedback. I figure I would start a thread here where I put all my macro shots that I post on my website as individual post. That way, I can get some more feedback on what I'm doing wrong and right. So please Comments and Criticisms are extremely welcomed.

First Pic: Walking Sticks (Phasmatodea)
Info: handheld, f9, iso 800
It's two of them doing the nasty. It was a pain trying to get both of them completely in focus. This is the closest I got. My tripod is too heavy to lug around that's why I didn't pull it out. By the way, does anyone know the specific name of these walking sticks. I'm not sure they are Indian.

[EdMaximus]

Here's a shot of a giant spider that I took while doing a little nature walk with a friend. She spotted that sucker a mile away and I was surprised that she wasn't scared to approach it. I guess not every girl hate spider. I see a million way that I could have gotten a better shot of the spider. I definitely had too large of aperture (f5). It was also handheld. Thus the crappy focus. I decided to go for the spider's bottom instead of the top and head because it was more interesting to me with the web weaving and the leaf. Comments and Critics are welcomed .

Golden Silk Spider
Info: handheld, f5, iso200

[marcusyoung]

Don't thnk you will be able to get all the whole frame in sharp focus even when stopping down. Dof is too thin. you may want to stitch few images together.

That position does not give you many options to move your camera an ideal position to capture the image. Good try anyway.

marcus

[EdMaximus]

Don't thnk you will be able to get all the whole frame in sharp focus even when stopping down. Dof is too thin. you may want to stitch few images together.

That position does not give you many options to move your camera an ideal position to capture the image. Good try anyway.

marcus

I definitely forgot about stitching. I'm going there again next weekend. Let's hope that I find them on the same leaf doing the same thing. I'll bring my flash and monopod ready to shoot.

[dadipentak]

Florida spiders give me the long-distance willies! Nice work. Stitching is an interesting idea but you'd need a tripod for that--right?

[EdMaximus]

Florida spiders give me the long-distance willies! Nice work. Stitching is an interesting idea but you'd need a tripod for that--right?

Yeah they are pretty huge and colorful but most of them won't hurt you worse than a bee. I think he meant stacking. That's what I see some pro use. it's ideal to get the shots for stacking using a tripod but it can get done with some firm hands.

[dadipentak]

Yeah they are pretty huge and colorful but most of them won't hurt you worse than a bee. I think he meant stacking. That's what I see some pro use. it's ideal to get the shots for stacking using a tripod but it can get done with some firm hands.

Gotcha--thanks for the clarification. I remember seeing major, well-populated, spiderwebs in a Florida orange grove when I was a kid: it made an impression on me.

[EdMaximus]

Nothing great again. Just another shot where I caught bugs gone wild.

Linearwinged grasshopper
Info: f8, 1/160, 800