Hanging in there

[Prajwal J Ullal]

This, probably a Lynx spider?, was hanging underneath a huge leaf and was quite big to be spotted several meters away from it. Since it was early in the morning and the whole area was very lightly lit but the sun's rays, it was difficult to get a clear and sharp image without the flash and also the leaf was over three feet high from the ground so couldnt utilize the help of a gorrilapod. Thus with the help of inbuilt flash and some aid of mobile flash light, for spotting and framing it, I managed to get this frame. Though later I realized that I could have used a bit more DOF, considering the size of this beauty.

EXIF:
Canon 550D
Canon 100mm macro
F/7.1
Shutterspeed: 1/100
ISO 400
Inbuilt flash used
Location: SGNP, Borivali

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Most probably Hamadruas sp., a type of lynx spider. This stance is also typical of those spiders. The hexagonal eye arrangement is an easy way to ID lynx spiders. I happened to find Hamadruas spiderlings recently, will share images soon.

TFS

[Mrudul Godbole]

Good details. The eyes look nice. Agree more depth of field would have been good. Thanks for sharing.