Arachnaphobia
by burlap

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Grainy! Sorry if you have a low end camera. Start with more light. Next, don't crop off his poor legs, he only has eight of them. A stronger contrasting background would not hurt either. 6 Swash

Arachnaphobia
by burlap

Comment by Photo Jim:
Yuck, that's scary. It would have been a great shot if it was crawling up someone who looked terrified. By itself it does not really show fear but still kind of cool so I won't score you low.

Arachnaphobia
by burlap

Comment by karmat:
YEECCCKKK, I normally don't mind spiders, but then again, I normally am not looking at them eye-to-eye, either. If possible, a sharper focus might have helped 'cause it looks a little fuzzy (the focus, not the spider) to me. Of course, that might have meant you needed to get closer, and I can understand why you didn't. karmat

Arachnaphobia
by burlap

Comment by janfries:
subject 10 lighting 5 focus 5 compositon 9 total 7

Arachnaphobia
by burlap

Comment by Maverick:
Good shot! I just wish there was less noise in the photo. I'm guessing you had to use a high ISO to get a good enough shutter speed, but a despeckle filter in photoshop or equivalent might help a bit.

Arachnaphobia
by burlap

Comment by Gotcha:
Looks like "Wolfman Jack" - Great positioning in the frame. Looks a little grainy. Excellent choice for this challenge.

Arachnaphobia
by burlap

Comment by rondajewel:
yuck

Arachnaphobia
by burlap

Comment by magnetic9999:
nice shot! i bet it was dark and or this is a 100% or close to it crop. no dock of points for grain: I understand.

Arachnaphobia
by burlap

Comment by ragde_77:
The image quality could be better.

Arachnaphobia
by burlap

Comment by jmsetzler:
This is one of the better spider shots in this challenge. I like the head on view so you can see his beady little eyes :) The shot looks a little grainy... I also have a minor problem with the crop. I would have either tried to get closer to the main body of the spider or I would have tried to include the whole spider. Some of the legs being cropped out without all of them being cropped puzzles me a little :) Good shot! = 6 - jmsetzler