Photo of the Week: Jumping Spider

Itsy-bitsy but oh-so-close

YOU DON'T NEED TO GO FAR to get great photos.  Pro photographer Bill Beatty found this jumping spider in his West Virginia backyard.  “I noticed this tiny spider on a red clover flower head apparently hiding or searching for food.  Each time it would come into reasonable view, I would shoot.  It took a while, as the flash would frighten the spider back into hiding with each shot.”  Beatty used a Nikon 8008s and 50mm lens with extension tubes and flash.