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Day 7: The Spider
Day 7: The Spider
jasonlprice


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Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: Mississippi
Date: Sep 6, 2007
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Sep 7, 2007

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Comments: 11
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 Took a walk in the woods and found this girl. I'm not too happy with the way it turned out because I really wanted more defined pattern in the web and less distracting bokeh. Perhaps I'll visit her again.....

PS, this was shot with my 30mm :)

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 09/08/2007 03:35:16 AM
I'm not afraid of spiders, but you gave the creeps just there!! that's a good sign ;-)

really great shot.
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 09/07/2007 10:07:28 PM
Wow, hard to believe you got all that detail at 1.8. Awesome shot!
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 09/07/2007 09:48:58 PM
Beatiful detail on the spider. I like the DOF and composition too.
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 09/07/2007 09:47:51 PM
The deatils on the spider are incredible! Don't even want to think how close you go tto it with your 30mm. :)
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 09/07/2007 08:44:12 PM
This is stunning. I'm not a huge spider in the web person but this is done so well. Perfect in black and white.
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 09/07/2007 02:28:08 PM
Crazy detail work on the spider. This is a really good bug shot and the subject works exceedingly well in b/w. I think, by design or error, you actually got a really good dof here. Good detail in the web but under the main subject it goes blurry and doesn't distract the eye. Very nice.
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 09/07/2007 12:45:23 PM
Great DOF, you really got alot of detail on his/her body. Very nice shot.
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 09/07/2007 10:37:18 AM
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Not sure how you could get more detail in the web


Let me clarify, it is the pattern of the web I didn't like...It is a chaotic web and I wanted a calm web :) LOL. I like the detail. Thanks for the great comment (and thanks to everyone commenting like crazy in this side challenge!)

Edit to add I just went and checked out hajeka's spider and that is the kinda of pattern I wanted. It really draws your eye in torward the subject. I guess I can't change my model's behavior though LOL.

Message edited by author 2007-09-07 10:41:06.
 09/07/2007 10:29:21 AM
Sharp. Very nice detail on the spider. I like the bokeh personally.

Not sure how you could get more detail in the web. The spider and the web are at an angle with the web fading/angling away. You'd have to use a much deeper aperture to get the detail, but then the background would be distracting I think.

Hope your next visit goes well with "her". :)
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 09/07/2007 09:40:18 AM
Seems to be a spider day,just posted mine. I like the light in the web!
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 09/07/2007 09:39:08 AM
Fabulous! Love teh details and the shallow DOF!
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