Life and Death

[Aditya Panda]

A Ghost Crab tries its luck with an Olive Ridley hatchling.... sort of made me imagine a leopard trying to handle a sambhar stag :p

One of the inaugural images from my new Tamron 90mm/2.8 1:1 macro... just about getting the hang of it.

PENTAX K 10D
TAMRON SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro
Av mode
Tv: 1/125 sec
Av: f/10
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Exposure Compensation: -0.3 EV
Spot Metering
Manual Focus
Built in flash used

Cheers,
Aditya

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice action captured.The image is sharp.

The crab looks like it is from an animated movie :)

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Aditya,
Good find. Nice behaviour captured. Even f9 is not sufficient to cover the crab and its prey. Depth of field is always shallow in macro photography. Look forward to more from this lens.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Chitrita Chatterjee]

Nice shot.... though I agree with Mrudul...the crab looks like a character from an animation film.... :-)
I do feel sad for the hatchling though.... but then I suppose that is the law of nature... and one cannot but accept it...

[Bibhav Behera]

Hi Adi,
Good Catch. I tried to get a similar shot but couldnt get the focus right :( . The 'antlers' ;) growing out of its eyes look good. Nice capture of 'no wastage' in the animal world.