Jumping Spider, by Avi Chatterjee

This small and beautiful spider was loitering around in my garden, when I was trying to shoot the small devil kept on jumping towards the lens (the best self-defense being the offence), I kept myself cool and waited an hour, after that it got exhausted and I could shoot it point blank.

Nikon D7000 with Sigma 105 f2.8 APO DG MACRO | Exposure 1/100s @ f/2.8 | ISO 800
Jumping Spider, by Avi Chatterjee

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | february 08
Award Score: 65 (Value 12, Clarity 12, Composition 17, Style 12, Skill 12)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Close-Up Photography
Photograph Location: Kolkata, West Bengal | India

Photographer: Avi Chatterjee (Dubai,United Arab Emirates) Registered
Avi Chatterjee was born in Kolkata, India on 1st December 1982. He was brought up in a family of Father, Mother and Younger Brother. After completing his Electrical Engineering from his native town he went outside India looking for fortune. He had stayed in countries like Singapore, Kuwait due to his work and finally for last 5 years he is settled in Dubai. Presently he is working in an Automation OEM Company as a Technical Sales Consultant and holds Technical Certifications like Functional Safety Engineer (SIS) from TUV.

He brought his first Digital Point and Shoot Camera namely Canon A470 when he got married to his wife Triparna who is a painter back in 2008 and they were on a trip to the Himalayas in 2008 .He used to shoot whatever he saw without knowing anything about photography. Today he repents as to what he had missed and what he could have captured if he knew photography that time. His first exposure to the photography world was in the year 2012 when on his Son Aaryan’s first birthday one of his friend brought a DSLR for shooting and finally he got himself a Nikon D7000 by April 2012

His main inspiration is his wife and thus he is even thinking of leaving his mainstream regular Job and start full time in Photography as a Photographer. He is already associated with some professional photographic association and he has started shooting professionally since last December 2012. He is setting up studio Named Time Machine Works in Dubai and India. His interest mainly is in Macro Photography, though he professionally shoots Wedding, Food and Product Photographs.

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