Heavy Jumper Eating Black Spider

[Jayson_Ang]

Caught this Heavy Jumper feasting on a unidentified Black-Brown Spider at Toa Payoh Town Park ...
Comments and Critiques welcome ...






Ok, he's done ....

[zcf]

nice catch, the eye of the victim looks like another smaller HJ to me.

[Qazwer]

Nice catch and interesting series!

[tltan]

Bro,

nice catch there.

Did you use flash. Nice catchlights in the spider's eye.

I think some of the pictures need more DOF. Also, I liked the last picture most somehow. If it was sharper! Dead and Alive.

Time to send for sensor cleaning bro. and i notice the noise. not normal for ISO400 shots using 350D leh.

Regards,
tltan

[cerebrus]

#4 Think this is the best. The dead husk & teh killer walking away, only the legs in frame.

[tchuanye]

Exposure on first 2 is nice. Good control of the whites below the eyes, which easily gets blown. Good details shown too.

#3, is abit under, and shadows are masking the prey.

#4 is abit noisy. Works in context of #3, portraying a sequence.

[tanhb]

I love 1 & 3. But like what tchuanye has mention, #3 is a bit under.

[Caicaizi]

#1 & 2

[Jayson_Ang]

Originally Posted by tltan Bro, nice catch there. Did you use flash. Nice catchlights in the spider's eye. I think some of the pictures need more DOF. Also, I liked the last picture most somehow. If it was sharper! Dead and Alive. Time to send for sensor cleaning bro. and i notice the noise. not normal for ISO400 shots using 350D leh. Regards, tltan

Thank you for your comments
I just used a hotshoe flash with a homemade reflector attached to it, so that the flash would bounce onto the subject.
My CCD really needs cleaning, i know. But no time, always want to go take pics ....

[Jayson_Ang]

Originally Posted by tchuanye Exposure on first 2 is nice. Good control of the whites below the eyes, which easily gets blown. Good details shown too. #3, is abit under, and shadows are masking the prey. #4 is abit noisy. Works in context of #3, portraying a sequence.

Thanks for the sincere comments
my flash light was located on top on the hotshoe, and i dont have the tools for off shoe flash
any other alternatives?

[tchuanye]

Originally Posted by Jayson_Ang Thanks for the sincere comments my flash light was located on top on the hotshoe, and i dont have the tools for off shoe flash any other alternatives?

You can use a digital slave flash, than no need wire, just use on board flash to trigger slave flash. The slave flash must be able to tackle the preflash and trigger on the main flash burst.