Just for Fun No C&C will be given: Lunch

350D, Sigma 180mm macro, f16, 1/200, ISO 100, built-in flash.

StuartRae said:

350D, Sigma 180mm macro, f16, 1/200, ISO 100, built-in flash.

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Yummy (if you're a spider that is).

Good capture, with the spider probably swinging in it's web, I know how difficult that is. If only the lighting were easier to bring to the opposite side, and then use a bit of fill light to complement, to get a bit more of a 3D effect ...

I also seem to shoot spiders from the bottom side, must find a way to get them on the other side of the web ;-)

Cheers,
Bart

Bart_van_der_Wolf said:

Yummy (if you're a spider that is).

Good capture, with the spider probably swinging in it's web, I know how difficult that is. If only the lighting were easier to bring to the opposite side, and then use a bit of fill light to complement, to get a bit more of a 3D effect ...

I also seem to shoot spiders from the bottom side, must find a way to get them on the other side of the web ;-)

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Perhaps one can develop the prey in its silk cocoon separately from the spider and then selectively paint with dodge and burn to create that 3D effect whilst separately making the spider stand out dominant using an S curve and then super-sharpenning it.

Asher

Hi Asher,
Thanks for the suggestions. It was windy and the light wasn't good. All I could do was lock the shutter speed at 1/200 by using the built-in flash and hope for the best. Agreed that a bit of careful PP might improve things.

Hi Bart,

I also seem to shoot spiders from the bottom side, must find a way to get them on the other side of the web

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I have the same problem myself, plus they're usually upside down so it's difficult to shoot them front on. After this one had finished wrapping his (more likely her) lunch he retreated to the shelter of a leaf and I got this shot of his back. A bit bigger and it'd make a nice rug.



Regards,

Stuart

Bart_van_der_Wolf said:

I also seem to shoot spiders from the bottom side, must find a way to get them on the other side of the web ;-)

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Use a mirror !-)

StuartRae said:

After this one had finished wrapping his (more likely her) lunch he retreated to the shelter of a leaf and I got this shot of his back. A bit bigger and it'd make a nice rug.

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Great capture. Nature is marvelous, isn't it?!
That's what I like about macro, it opens up a whole new universe/cosmos.

Bart

Bart_van_der_Wolf said:

I also seem to shoot spiders from the bottom side, must find a way to get them on the other side of the web ;-)

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Nicolas Claris said:

Use a mirror !-)

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I will, as soon as I grow a third arm of adequate length to hold it ;-)

Bart