Spiders No.20 – The Eyes of a Jumping Spider

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Walter Piorkowski
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Spiders No.20 – The Eyes of a Jumping Spider

Post by Walter Piorkowski »

Image

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Leitz Ortholux microscope
4X Leitz projection eyepiece plus 1/3x relay lens

Image No.1, Main and secondary eye.
135 images at 5 micron increments
Nikon 10x Achromat objective
Diffused Fiber Optic Illumination

Image No.2. Two main eyes.
121 images at 5 micron increments
Nikon 10x Achromat objective
Diffused Fiber Optic Illumination

Image No.3, Four front eyes.
42 images at .001 inch increments
Leitz UO 6.5 X Achromat ULTROPAK objective
Diffused Fiber Optic Illumination

Canon 50D
Zerene and Photoshop processing.


The voyage of discovery that I am on, imaging the eyes of the spiders, keeps on delivering rewarding surprises. I never could have imaging that those deep black eyes properly illuminated, would reveal such a stunning blue/white internal structure. Or that they would appear almost human with an iris and pupil like center. Enjoy the beauty of our natural world.

Walt

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Post by lauriek »

Holy cow Walt these are excellent!

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Post by Craig Gerard »

Walt,

Surreal and spectacular!

These are beautiful :shock:

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Post by Mitch640 »

Little Jumpers have always been different. As a pre-teen, I would find them on my window sill as winter approached. They would come inside from the cold, possibly to hunt the flies that also got trapped inside. I would even catch the flies and hand feed them to my 'pet' jumpers. I didn't dare tell my mom or brothers about them as they would have killed them. So maybe I saw something in their eyes, even then. :)

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Post by Eric F »

Wonderful images Walt! I'm especially interested in #3 -- where you used the Leitz Ultropak objective. Please give us some info on your setup with this lens.

Thanks,

Eric

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Post by fpelectronica »

Very very good pictures

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Post by Ecki »

Wow!

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Post by tpe »

great work. really nice to see something that has probably never been seen like this before, at least for me it is the first time even after having spent a fair bit of time looking at similar shots.

wonderful.

tim

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Post by Walter Piorkowski »

Laurie, Craig, Mitch, Eric, fpelectronica, Ecki, and Tim. My sincere thanks for all your gracious comments on my post.

Eric, as you probably already know, the 6.5x objective is used in conjunction with the Ultropak EPI illumination system. This allows me to project light into the subject from up above. However I did not use that benifit for image number 3. The lens is chosen for its magnification and good working distance allowing me to have my subject and diffuser on the microscope stage. I do not like to crop my images if I can help it and it is a nice intermediate mag between 10x and 4x.

Walt

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Post by Eric F »

Thanks Walt -- I understand your setup now. Yes, I think a 6 ~ 7x lens is very nice, especially with 16mm working distance.

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Post by gmazza »

Intense and interesting detail, very good esp the vision into the eyes, very good explanation of your setup.
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