Giant Wood Spider

Handicapped.. only seven legs...Taken from forest
canon 1000 D
55-250
ISO 1600
FL 146 mm
F-5
1/200 sec

another view of the spider

Hello Sanjeev,

Its Giant Wood Spider . I have spotted this in Karnala Bird Sanctuary & understand that is found commonly in Western Ghats of Maharashtra.

Where have you captured it.

Regards/ Anil Kumar Verma

Thank u... Sir
Taken this from Konni Forest Area, (Kerala State)

This species often intrigues lot of people when they see it for the first time. One of my friends told me he had visions of some horror movies. :)

Though one feels that it is easy to shoot these fellows, it needs precise depth of field with focal plane parallel to the subject, and control on highlights as the yellow portion gets overexposed.