 |
| Google turned a couple stills into an animated GIF automatically. Wasn't that nice of them? |
It's Harold, the Christmas Spider!
We took out some Christmas decorations today and Lily noticed a couple of dead spiders. They looked kinda curly and scary, but my first thought was "let's look at them closer!"
When we were at the LaBrea Tar Pits I found a pocket microscope in the gift shop (I do love a good gift shop) and picked up a set as my souvenir for the day. They were pretty cheap, but I can't remember how much. Less than $20 for sure, plastic lens and all. We've all used the magnifier for lots of interesting examinations, from beach sand to, well, Christmas spiders. It has a white light to illuminate the subject, and a blue light for counterfit bill detection, but I don't know how to use that properly. Nifty little case and it tucks in my travelling bag quite nicely.
I used an old trick - putting the camera lens right next to the magnifying lens. It works for distance, also, using binoculars or a monocular. It doesn't give you the best image in the world, but it's surprisingly effective.
I used an old trick - putting the camera lens right next to the magnifying lens. It works for distance, also, using binoculars or a monocular. It doesn't give you the best image in the world, but it's surprisingly effective.
Here is a quarter close up:
And a few more pictures of Harold, the Christmas Spider..
