I decided to give the macro lens a proper work-out today. More photos are in the Butterflies and Bugs album, but here's a small sample.
The first photo of the ants was just a matter of focusing on target and wating for the ants to climb over it. Which of course they do, I then spotted a spider. I've probably seen this type before, but not really taken any notice. My web searches suggest that it's a Nursery Web Spider, sometimes also referred to as a wolf spider (it hunts). This is the nearest thing to a wolf I'm likely to photgraph, especially from a few inches away!
For the final shot I was hanging precariously over the edge of the pond, trying to support the camera without letting it slide into the murk. I managed plenty of badly blurrred shots due to camera shake, but one or two were ok. It's some sort of nymph as far as I can tell. It was less than 2cm in length.
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Nice shot of that spider!
Well, you ought to be very pleased with these, especially of the wolf spider :up: A lot of work but it's producing great results. The clarity is very impressive.
At least there's one kind of wild wolf left in southern England, eh 🙂
Cool macro shots, the detail on the spider is great:)