Foggy Morning Spider Web

Well composed and a fine capture of the web in the the foggy meadow, Bill. The web is a real beauty.

Great web and love the understated color presentation. The mood really comes through. Real nice!

Bill,

Ahhh, a grass image that actually has a main subject!  I think the semi hi-key effect in color here works well and appropriate for the lighting and conditions.  Initially my first thought was to suggest increasing contrast in the lower grasses, but then again, that would totally change the mood and atmosphere with this.

Beautifully seen and captured.  The only thing missing.... a spider!  ;-)

Lon

I really like this image, Bill. My favorite version is the one I get when clicking on the image and I think it's due to the dark grey bg which  makes the image stand out. The white bg on this page overwhelms the image. I think tht the shallow DOF here gives you this  frontal design with the bg as a, well, background. I also like those long slender reeds bending over the web and coming in from the sides of the frame. They add the bit of chaos that I like in natural images. There are small dew drops glistening off the vegetation which complement the web. The lack of contrast is so important for the sense of this image. My initial feeling was that the composition could be stronger if the web was larger within the frame space but I'm not sure if that true. Very nice work.

This is real nice, Bill. Wonderful mood - I can feel the humidity! I like the subdued and delicate processing. I think it serves this subject matter well. Only thought would be to crop a slice off the top so that there is no gap showing the top of the prominent cut-off reed. For some reason it seems to catch and hold my eye.

love the simplicity Bill. Well done on seeing and processing this.

This is real nice, Bill. The soft light and gentle contrast work very well here. I agree with Dave about that cut-off reed. This is a great example of using aperture the best advantage.
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I need to photograph spider webs more often; they really are cool.

I love the DOF you did here, with the exception of that oof reed in the foreground. I don't know if it was close enough to reach out and temporarily push out of the scene, but I think the image would be better without it.

I need to photograph spider webs more often; they really are cool.

I love the DOF you did here, with the exception of that oof reed in the foreground. I don't know if it was close enough to reach out and temporarily push out of the scene, but I think the image would be better without it.

I agree John, but the reed and web were about 15 feet away and separated from me by a stream (yes, complete with gators) so moving the reed in this case was a bit out of the question.  LOL.  I used a Nikkor 80-400 to capture it.