Leeza Wishart, Border Patrol (ANIMALS 2024)

I photographed this very patient Huntsman spider preparing to moult under the watchful gaze of my great grandmother! The shot was taken handheld with my Nikon D500 paired with a Nikkor 105mm macro lens. Due to the lack of light at the location, I increased the ISO to 3200, with an aperture of f3.2 and a shutter speed of 1/200 sec. I added an additional 2 stops of exposure to compensate for the dull conditions.

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