Depends on your perspective
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Comment by Bus352:
This is not good on my perspective--do not like spiders at all!! but this is a great capture and great detail--the DOF is good also, though I'd probably pan around to cover the whole background with trees--the white light on right is a bit too much. Don't scare me again!!

Depends on your perspective
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Comment by mar10029:
dark, lost detail, ?perspective

Offshoots
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Comment by larsc:
wow... the texture is really good in this pic... nice job

Offshoots
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Comment by Krikkit:
interesting.

Offshoots
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Comment by Sherri1209:
Original...different and I really like it. Cool detail. Great Job.

Offshoots
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Comment by Caine:
Nice macro shot.

Don't Look
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Comment by LeeD:
**Critique Club**

Initial impression is that I agree with all of the comments you received during the challenge. The image is awfully busy, but don't be so hard on yourself. The capture itself is a good one! It's excellent stop motion and you captured the moment very well. Your timing on the shot was near perfect IMO. The biggest thing that takes away from the image is the cluttered background.

On further inspection, a few other details become obvious. The focus on your subject seems just a touch soft and his left foot is chopped off. This was probably due to the inherent drawbacks of trying to capture stop motion (and one of the reasons I don't even try). The expression on his face is priceless.

I agree with the other comments on using a shallower DOF to reduce the background clutter. My eye is also being drawn to the vibrant colors of the green sliding board in the background. A little selective desat and burning may have helped reduce that particular distraction. I think your cropping would have been dead on if you had a simple background, but with all of the clutter, cropping out more of the left side may help reduce some of the distraction in this case.

I also can't help but wonder if a B/W version with a little creative burning in the background might help also. Overall this is a great example of stop motion and a good image. I hope this helps and I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future.

As a side note I looked at your portfolio... You have some great images in there. Keep shooting!!!

Don't Look
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Comment by Caltrop:
I can't imagine that anyone got this shot - I know it sucks. I titled it Don't Look because no one in the entire shot is looking at him. Everyone is looking away, but alas that is what I get for putting up a crappy photo.

Don't Look
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Comment by graphicfunk:
Captivating action shot. 7

Don't Look
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Comment by metoecus:
The background is a little too busy. A shallower DoF would have helped this shot.