Dew Catcher

Gallery: FloraPosted August 24, 2010174 views21 comments

Nothing fancy here except the creative efforts from a spider and some morning dew. I was out at the local wildlife refuge yesterday early scouting for and shooting birds when this jeweled web caught my eye. I had the big lens on for birding and like how this turned out.

Thanks for looking, larger version available

canon 7D
canon 600mm f4.L IS USM + 1.4TC
F/5.6 1/250 ISO 500
auto window beanbag rest

Comments

21 comments

Comment posted by Martin Bartsch on August 24, 2010 at 7:44 PM

Simply awesome.

Good catch Craig!!

Registered on December 1, 2003, 80 Posts, 354 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on August 24, 2010 at 8:00 PM

Wow this is gorgeous - especially taken at such an extreme focal length - impressive.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on August 24, 2010 at 10:27 PM

Great image by you. Great crochet job by the spider. I like the blueness in the web.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 24, 2010 at 11:01 PM

I like how it turned out too Craig. Love the image. I realize it ruins the realism of the shot but it would be hard for me to resist cloning out the anchoring web strands that go out of frame at the bottom. Great capture and very fine photography for my tastes.

Pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Greg Maklae on August 25, 2010 at 7:24 AM

Fantastic structure, the dew and bkgd really make the web stand out.

Registered on November 18, 2008, 170 Posts, 759 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on August 25, 2010 at 9:42 AM

Hi Craig, I'm sure you'll hear the word, "awesome," quite a bit with this image. Even the thumbnail caught my eye.

A fine capture. I hope you were able to capture views from other angles as well. A minor nit is that my eye wants to travel down the stalk to see how the web is attached at the bottom. But I see no way to do anything about that. Guess I'll just have to climb into the photo.

Cheers,

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Zane on August 25, 2010 at 3:34 PM

Great capture ... love the color from the background ... amazing!

Registered on June 4, 2010, 3 Posts, 14 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on August 25, 2010 at 5:05 PM

Great colors in the BG Craig, and an awesome capture all the way around. Great eye finding something different!

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Windom on August 25, 2010 at 6:42 PM

I've seen alot of spider web shots but this one stands out because of the warm/cool contrast between the web and the "grass". Terrific BG also.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 25, 2010 at 7:25 PM

Wonderful post Craig... The spider was surely not the only creative one there that morning. Super job.
Bob

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 25, 2010 at 9:46 PM

Craig, You used that bazooka with TC for this shot

. Awesome. I find it tough to focus webs with a macro lens and here you do this with a long lens. Spectacular

Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments

Comment posted by Elisabeth Czwikla on August 25, 2010 at 9:54 PM

cool, looks like a boony hand holding that spiderweb.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 145 Posts, 852 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on August 25, 2010 at 10:08 PM

Neat image Craig.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 25, 2010 at 10:54 PM

Craig: I love spider webs in the morning. Great find and a superb capture. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 26, 2010 at 12:40 AM

Craig:
A terrific shot and comp. I have tried doing this previously and know how even the slightest breeze would ruin the image. - an you did this with the big gun!

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 26, 2010 at 11:34 PM

Great find and capture.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on August 26, 2010 at 11:43 PM

Really cool shot Craig. Great find and very well done.

Registered on January 14, 2010, 276 Posts, 2212 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 27, 2010 at 10:48 PM

Hi Craig

A fabulous find and capture

lovely lines and color

Albert Darmo. Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Muhammad Zaid Wani on August 28, 2010 at 12:28 AM

Fabulous in every way! The BG is just perfect.