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A Little habronattus coecatus

One of my favorite jumping spiders was bouncing around a wood chip pile this weekend. This is a habronattus coecatus. This one looks smaller than most of the ones I’ve seen. All photos taken at the Chesapeake Arboretum with my Canon 5dII, Mp-e65, and Mt-24 EX.

And here is the smallest Salticid I’ve never seen. That is on a flower petal inside a flower. Maybe 2mm at most in length.

Tags: 5d mark II, Chesapeake, Habronattus coecatus, jumping spider, macro, mp-e 65, mt-24 ex, spider

Habronattus coecatus

For the first time in a few weeks, I found a Salticid. Three, actually, but the others will have to wait. I saw this amazing spider at the Chesapeake Aboretum, on a pile of wood. It is a male Habronattus coecatus, which I’ve never seen before. He was very impressed with a female nearby Salticid, but she was not interested in his advances. Note the olive green color of his 3rd legs. Such a beautiful spider.

All photos taken with a Canon 5d Mark 2, Canon Mp-e 65mm lens, Canon mt-24ex flash, and a home made diffuser (I just made it, more on that in the future).

Tags: 5d mark II, Habronattus coecatus, jumping spider, macro, mp-e 65, mt-24 ex, spider

First Salticid of 2014!

We had some great weather this weekend — good enough that I decided to meed my dad at the Chesapeake Arboretum. It was quite windy so finding spiders on plants wasn’t very likely. Instead I just went to my favorite spot, a huge mulch pile in the parking lot. I’ve seen all kinds of interesting things on this pile — snakes, frogs, centipedes, and of course spiders.

I happened to see my favorite jumping spider, a male Habronattus coecatus. I’ve only ever seen them at this location, and specifically on this mulch pile. What a lucky day.

He was quite shy and took about 10 minutes to come out from hiding.

Tags: 5d mark II, Chesapeake, Habronattus coecatus, jumping spider, macro, mp-e 65, mt-24 ex

Keegan’s Best Photos of 2013

2013 was an awesome year for my photography. I had some chances to explore astrophotography, I made some significant modifications to my gear, and I learned a lot about perfecting the light sources for my macro work. Here is a summary of my 20 or so best shots from the year.

All photos taken with my Canon 5dII. Macro shots with my Canon mpe-65 with the mt-24EX flash, and wide angle shots were taken with my Canon 24-70mmL.

Click any photo to go to the blog post to see technical details and more photos from the set. As always, prints are available for sale upon request.

Choosing my best and favorite photo from 2013 was tough. Since macro and spiders are my real passion, I had to go with these from my awesome day at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens

The weather of 2013 was largely crappy, so I didn’t get out with my telescopes but a few times. I did manage to snap this photo of M42, the Orion Nebula.

Orion Nebula

I got a few great photos of the Norfolk Skyline this year as well. Here is my favorite, taken in July.

I spent a weekend at Cumberland Island, one of my favorite places. The trees there are amazing, especially in the early morning sun.

I also started a few studio based macro projects. I’ve only published one, but I have two ideas to work on this winter.

I did a few timelapses as well. Here’s one of a spider building a web at Cumberland Island.

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And here’s one of Jupiter, Orion, and Sirius rising from Medoc State Park in NC.

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And the rest here are a mixture of my favorites. Enjoy!

Tags: best of, best of 2013, macro, Norfolk, spiders, timelapse

Female Salticid with Prey

This female salticid was avoiding the advances of this male Habronattus coecatus on a pile of logs. She had caught a small fly but his advances were aggressive enough she dropped it to avoid him.

All photos taken with a Canon 5d Mark 2, Canon Mp-e 65mm lens, and a diffused Canon mt-24ex flash.