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Study of a Spider
Study of a Spider
emily212


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Challenge: Free Study 2007-09 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Olympus SP-510 UZ
Location: Idaho Falls
Date: Sep 15, 2007
Date Uploaded: Sep 21, 2007

I Happened across this spider one day and thought it was cool so I took a picture.

Statistics
Place: 459 out of 503
Avg (all users): 4.9837
Avg (commenters): 5.8889
Avg (participants): 4.9271
Avg (non-participants): 5.1852
Views since voting: 641
Views during voting: 179
Votes: 123
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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10/08/2007 07:54:52 PM
A shot like this really could use some good PS work. Would be outstanding if did. I still like it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/05/2007 10:23:39 PM
nice shot
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10/05/2007 08:41:51 PM
Getting the chills just looking at this shot. eww.. He looks like he is about to attack. Great shot.
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10/05/2007 03:54:35 PM
More attention on the spider and less on the fence. Tighter crop maybe.
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10/05/2007 12:47:19 AM
is that a wolf spider?
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10/04/2007 02:44:02 PM
The lighting on this seems very harsh, looks like there was something done in editing to the right of the spider where the blue seems to have a dark streak from something.
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10/04/2007 01:11:02 AM
avg vote, lighting is slightly off, fence backdrop is a little distracting, some sort of smudge or something in center of pic just below spider, but its not really a picture that grabs my interest and makes me want to stay looking at it
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10/02/2007 11:40:12 PM
It makes me wonder what is beyond the bottom of the frame, he looks like he is getting ready to attack something down there! I also really like the fence in the picture, it is very refreshing from a flower or such. DOF is great, good variety of colors, just enough contrast between the fence and the spider to make him stand out. Good job!
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10/02/2007 10:10:42 PM
If this is a study of a spider why does it fill so little of the image space? Get in there and fill the frame. Did you clone something out from the center of the image? There seems to be a discoloraton below and to the right of the spider.
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10/02/2007 02:13:09 PM
I like the DOF on this, I think a tighter crop would have worked better. The bright portion in the top left side pulls your eye away from the spider.
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10/01/2007 08:31:59 AM
Oh, I like this. Now if I could only explain why, exactly, I like this... I love the fence as the supporting structure to the spider's "pose" - I like the defensive/sensing pose of the subject. I love the shadow of the links on the post and the fact you caught the spider in just the right place. And of course the sky is a nice blue.
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10/01/2007 01:45:08 AM
Nice angle and good use of depth of field.
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