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Spider giving me a look
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Spider giving me a look

by John Neukirch

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 13, 201271 views2 comments
Messing around in the backyard photographing some of our rudbeckia and this guy peeked up over one of the pedals.

D300s
Tamron 60mm macro
ISO 200
1/25 @ f29
Natural light
cropped to 23%
tripod/cable release

Comments welcome.

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on July 14, 2012 at 7:14 AM
Nice catch of the day, John. Cute little guy, well captured. Very sharp on the spider with great eye contact and perspective. A nicely blurred background, too. The spider is dwarfed by the flower center, which is pretty dominant in the image. My first inclination was that the flower center was too dominant (especially being oof), and that you should crop some off the left (about 1/2 the flower center), but maybe you are trying to emphasize the littleness of the spider and its web, in which case I think it is fine as is. Thanks for sharing. :wavey:
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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on July 14, 2012 at 3:06 PM
I love jumpers! I personally don't mind the large flower center....the spider is so prominent that there is no mistake he is the focal point! I think it also gives a nice perspective on how tiny it is! Nice shot!
Registered on December 13, 2011, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments