While doing a little, much overdue Gallery maintenance, stumbled across this little series of images from Japan.

Two things stand out.

Firstly, they are spider images, not my usual thing of late and secondly, they were taken with the 40-150 kit lens (with only a little cropping).

Again that lens surprises!

And for those arachnophobes out there, yes they are big, about the span of an Australian Huntsman, but thankfully far less active.

To me, this is further proof, that for my needs as an occasional and casual close-up shooter, a true macro lens is not required.