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Spider in Spotlight
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Spider in Spotlight

by Richard Teller

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted December 27, 2010107 views4 comments
This was taken early in the morning while the sun was still low and it was shining through the leaves right into the center of the spiders web.

Canon 30D
Sigma 70-300
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/250
Aperture f8
ISO 640
300mm
-2 Exposure Comp.
Tripod
Full frame
Curves and levels

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 28, 2010 at 2:19 AM
Great image!
Fine detail in the spider and web, good comp, and the pink ? flower in the BG frames the spider perfectly!
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Barbara Graham on December 28, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Beautiful colors. I've never been able to figure out how to handle the spots where the sun shines through like that. Very creative!
Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments
Comment posted by Balan Vinod on December 29, 2010 at 12:12 AM
A beauty Richard ...like the way you have placed the spider on the white circle ..and the larger image gives a lot of detail ....

well done..

Balan Vinod
Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments
Comment posted by Monica Siri on December 30, 2010 at 11:43 AM
Beautiful comp, Richard. :toast:
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