Nikon D-40X Images Part 6

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Images Taken With Nikon D-40X Part 6
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Images on this page were taken with a Nikon D-40x and AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor
105 mm f/2.8G lens and a Phoenix RF46N ring flash or the Nikon SB-400 Flash.

Nikon D-40x with AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105 mm lens and SB-400 Flash.

The following orb weaver spider was taken with Phoenix Ring Flash.

The following orb weaver spider was taken with SB-400 Flash.

The following lynx spider image was taken with Phoenix Ring Flash.

Eyes on cephalothorax of green lynx spider.

The following lynx spider image was taken with SB-400 Flash.
(More shadowing under the spider's cephalothorax & abdomen.)

Eyes on cephalothorax of green lynx spider.

More images were taken with the Phoenix Ring Flash.

Tea plant (Camellia sinensis) in flower.

Poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum) in November.

Jumping Spiders Photographed In A Container
Although I prefer the Nikon 60 mm macro for most of my hand-held and tripod photos, the 105 mm provides more working room when photographing captured insects and spiders in a wide-mouth jar. These marvelous animals are released as soon as I take their portraits.

Jumping spider.

Female red Jumping spider (Phidippus johnsoni).

The cute "face" of a red jumping spider (Phidippus johnsoni).

I was leaning toward the ring flash as the preferable flash unit for this lens until I looked carefully at the large front eyes on the above jumping spider! See the following magnified view of the eyes. The ring flash is just not adequate for shiny, reflective surfaces.

More images were taken with SB-400 Flash.

Tea plant (Camellia sinensis) in flower.

A large orb weaver photographed on light box.

A cobweb spider (Pholcus phalangioides) in its web.

An unwise place to land if you are a flower-loving insect.  The lynx spider
beneath flower can rotate its body onto the flower in less than one second.

The lynx spider wanted no part of this spider!

Rose thorns up close.

160 million-year-old petrified seed cone of Araucaria mirabilis from Patagonia.

Scenery view with no flash.

Late afternoon view of the Merriam Mountains from my front yard.