Horseshoe Crab Study

Horseshoe Crab Study 4 comments

I found a dead baby horseshoe crab on the beach and decided to make it the subject of a practice lighting session. The underbelly was particularly challenging because of all the detail.

Canon 7D, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L
ISO 100
f/8
1/50 sec

4 responses to “Horseshoe Crab Study”

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Gorgeously prehistoric animal.

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Dawn
April 5, 2014 at 12:31 pm
Great job with the lighting, my favorite is the second image. I am very fond of horseshoe crabs they are cute in there own way especially the baby ones. Just as an FYI if you didn’t already know, this one that you found it not dead but molted. You can tell because the shell is split around the lip and it is light in color.

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caralphotography
April 5, 2014 at 4:19 pm
- Thanks for clarifying. I didn’t know they molt. I wonder what they look like afterwards…
  
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  Lutz Braum
  April 5, 2014 at 9:31 pm
  - I’ve never seen one at that stage actually, I would think something like a soft shell crab? When alive the shells are a dark black / brown, so I would think the same except soft ?
    
    caralphotography
    April 5, 2014 at 9:50 pm