An hair raising encounter

[Prajwal J Ullal]

ID: Telamonia dimidiata

Always a delight to encounter this beauty, we came across this massive predator while we were returning from the trail, being almost close to noon, the eight legged beast was well warmed up with the sun's heat and kept on hopping from one leaf to the other devoiding us from getting a proper frame, until it seemed to turn curious about the equipment close to it, and for a moment it froze and flattened itself on the leaf and after the short moment continued hopping around looking out for some prey

EXIF:
Canon 80D
Canon 100mm macro
F/13
Shutterspeed 1/160
ISO 500
Handheld, External flash fired

Location: Nagla trail

[Mrudul Godbole]

Loved the eye contact. The low angle looks good. Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Interesting perspective. I would like a bit more sharpness. How much of a crop is this? Since you have now upgraded to 80D, it would be easier for you to use higher ISOs. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Prajwal J Ullal]

Its cropped slightly(reduced by 8-9%), unfortunately the actual frame didnt turn up much sharp