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Eclipse Captured
Eclipse Captured
MelonMusketeer


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Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro
Location: LaBelle, Florida
Date: Feb 20, 2008
Aperture: 11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 30 sec
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Feb 21, 2008

Viewed: 407
Comments: 11
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 A fun shot with a fisheye lens during the recent Feb 08 eclipse. I saw the spider when I drove up and parked to get out and shoot the eclipse, and set this up during mid eclipse. I could not see anything in the viewfinder when I was shooting, so just looked at the results in the LCD and adjusted things till it worked. ISO 200, 30 sec at f 11 or 16, and on cam flash at -3 stops.
The lens is not listed in my profile, a 16mm f2.8 manual Nikkor Ai. It's cropped a huge amount, but I used the fisheye to get the necessary DOF and size relationship.
The breeze was moving the web gently back and forth over my head and the flash stopped it for each shot. No critters were alarmed or harmed making these images. : )
The rest of the eclipse photos are here:
Eclipse 08 gallery

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 03/01/2008 04:44:19 PM
This is really cool. Now we know that the spider is bigger than the moon. Good to know. I like the leading lines and the spider looking at the moon.
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 02/24/2008 10:53:57 PM
Cool shot, quite creative! The moon almost looks like an egg sac. I like how the web spans the lower diagonal of the picture and slowly fades into the darkness.
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 02/24/2008 10:20:54 AM
Wow - this is an amazing capture, Waddy - what a trip! The POV on the web is incredible - not to mention that you got that blood moon in there. Awesome!
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 02/23/2008 09:31:29 PM
Nice cover for a horror movie.
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 02/23/2008 07:25:45 PM
oh waddy! leave it to you! what a find! this is great! I bet that little critter sat there in awe, watching the whole thing..and couldnt belive you were making such a racket over the moon hehehe :)
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 02/23/2008 01:04:18 PM
Brilliant shot, Waddy. What a different perspective this is. That spider was in for a surprise with that bug.
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 02/23/2008 01:25:53 AM
Way too Cool!! Highlights on the web, the itsy bitsy spider climbing, and the orange glow of the moon is really neat.. INgenious..
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 02/22/2008 12:15:08 PM
Quite a unique shot - the web is fantastic !
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 02/22/2008 04:25:32 AM
love the perspective .. a spider as big as the moon .. great colours .. :)
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 02/22/2008 01:13:51 AM
I hate pictures of spiders, but I'll make an exception for this one. Inspired shot. It reminds me of one of those legends to explain an eclipse -- something or other is eating the moon. I really like that graceful, slightly curving diagonal of the web. Nice, nice work.
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 02/21/2008 10:20:55 PM
Hope that spider likes orange cheese! Cool shot, nice idea.
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