Beige Beetle Jumper

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Beige Beetle Jumper Rhene flavigera. A tiny spider, not more than half a centimeter long, usually found in leaf litter and small bushes. It gets its name from its appearance (at first glance) and slow movements which resemble those of a small beetle. This one is most probably a female.
Photographed in Yeoor, Maharashtra.

Canon 500D, Canon 100mm Macro USM
SS 1/200
Av 6.3
ISO 800
EC -0.7

Thanks, C&C awaited.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see this species. Good details. I liked the patterns created by the leaf. Good eye contact. The area below the eyes is a bit dark, maybe slight +ve exposure would have helped (not sure maybe its my monitor). Thanks for sharing.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Thanks Mrudul. Parts of the image are indeed dark. Ideally this needed a higher EC and also greater DoF, but I was scared of losing shutter speed. :(

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice to see this Abhishek..agree the image looks a bit dark.

TFS
Roopak