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Death Trap
Death Trap
nborton


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Macro IV (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Canon
Location: High Rock Lake, NC
Date: Jul 31, 2004
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8 sec
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 1, 2004

 I figured that if i took my camera to our house on the lake that I'd find something worthwhile to shoot. I was looking for a lizard that always runs on the deck but then found this guy between two bushes. And as a bonus, he had a grasshopper. He let me get really close. So close that I was able to reverse a 50mm onto my 105 macro lens, and get some insanely close macros of his head.

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 248
Avg (all users): 6.4199
Avg (commenters): 8.3846
Avg (participants): 6.4576
Avg (non-participants): 6.3492
Views since voting: 1923
Views during voting: 283
Votes: 181
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 08/09/2004 12:30:54 AM
Congratulations on your 18th placing. A fascination shot with enough detail to keep the eye on the photo. Great work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/08/2004 10:33:00 PM
I haven't seen one of these spiders in person since I was a kid. Great shot. Focus couldn't have been any more perfect.

Edit: Bumping my score on this one to a 9. Hope you do well in the challenge.
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 08/08/2004 07:52:37 PM
Nice clear photo. Bumping it to 7
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 08/06/2004 12:29:15 AM
Great timing! What an awsome photo. Beautiful detail and an all around a perfect picture. 1 in a million. 10
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 08/05/2004 05:38:00 PM
great capture.
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 08/04/2004 11:55:40 PM
Yikes!
This is a very impressive shot. Not to mention graphic.
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 08/04/2004 11:55:34 PM
great shot love the color. 8
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 08/04/2004 10:21:39 PM
Great capture, nice color to the background. (10)

Good luck...
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 08/03/2004 10:24:47 PM
just like my submission :-)
Only better :-(
great shot
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 08/03/2004 12:35:01 PM
Just looked at another spider photo, similar size, subject, and comp. This is better because it has some nice shadowing to give a 3 dimensional feel to it. Good job.
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 08/02/2004 11:04:57 PM
Wow, what a great catch. I haven't yet been able to get that good of a photo of a spider, so I know how hard it can be. I love the coloring in this guy...
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 08/02/2004 04:55:03 PM
Wow. Awesome capture of nature's fury. Very sharp, great colors.
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 08/02/2004 04:06:58 PM
Oh yes now were talking :) Great colours and sharpness. Only downside is it looks a bit untidy behind the spider, his last meal i guess. 9
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 08/02/2004 11:30:12 AM
i do like this pic and I know you can't stage these things, but the spider seems to be getting a bit lost with its prey in the web.i'm just wondering if there was another angle to try ot shoot this from. If only you could have asked it to climb a big higher so it would be on its own, and look at the camera!
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