Predators!

[hayath]

Some assorted predation images


1.

Ant-mimicking Jumping spider with a Kidney Orb weaver kill

2.

Robberfly with a Gnat kill. Shallow Stack of 2 images

3.

Thomisus sp crab spider with a katydid kill

4.

Hyllus sp jumping spider with Barklice kill

5.

A tiny ant trying it's luck as the Ant-mimicking spider enjoys a leg from another spider

All shot on the Olympus OMD EM1 m2, 60mm macro, Godox TT 350O with a DIY diffuser

C&C sought :)

Cheers!
Hayath

[Thad E Ginathom]

Had a feeling that your predators here were going to be from the small worlds.

Superb pics. Brilliant work.

[hvyas]

Excellent set ! Liked the 2nd and the 4th the most  :)

[Nishit Dave]

All photos are great, but I liked the first one the most!

[UDAYAN]

Fantastic stuff Hayath. Have said it before and repeating it - you have set up your lighting superbly.

[ashutosh1979]

Most amazing and inspiring, could you help with a very basic question, what is the trick to focus with the subject moving constantly?

[hayath]

Thanks a ton, gents :)
The continued rains have made the balance interesting

Udayan - the constant meddling never ends :)

Ashutosh - I often prefer the ones which stay still or take momentary pauses, its hard to keep up with the constantly moving ones. The trick, if I can call it that is to observe their patterns to guess when they pause

[Pratik]

Beautiful, #2 and #4 are my favorite. I just picked up a Olympus 60mm macro after being inspired by your work, will test it out soon! So far it seems like a fantastic lens

[hayath]

Thanks a ton, Pratik!
ah,nice - I'm sure you'll enjoy that lens. Very practical and "made for macro", do try out the jump to 1:1 at the touch of a click

[suniLL]

beautiful shots ...