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Orb spider at night

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Posted by john macpherson on July 28, 2010 at 4:55 AM
A break from my normal off the wall stuff - this is an on the wall thing - a rather fine orb spider that built a large web on the kitchen window. I caught this shot at 10.30pm with the spider silhouetted against the street light opposite the house.

1DMk3, 100mm Canon macro, 1/40th @ f2.8, ISO 2500, handheld, one foot in the sink and the other sliding across the kitchen floor on a small stool.
Posted by Justin on July 28, 2010 at 5:10 AM
Excellent idea and vision and a very effective image. :cool: :toast:
Posted by Simon Litten on July 28, 2010 at 6:03 AM
A well thought out shot. Nice one :toast:


Simon
Posted by Ian Macdermott on July 28, 2010 at 6:30 AM
Well spotted John :toast:

And well taken as well :smile:
Posted by Mike Smith on July 28, 2010 at 7:17 AM
Cool shot

Just a thought, can you change the colour balance on RAW conversion to blue spectrum to make it look more like the moon?

I'm surprised at the angular bokah/aperture blade cut-offs if the shot is more or less wide open :confused:
Posted by john macpherson on July 28, 2010 at 7:25 AM
Mike - might be more to do with a combination of the triangular shape of the light fitting outside, and the shot through double galzing.
Posted by John Robinson on July 28, 2010 at 7:34 AM
Nicely thought out as said already. Good thinking.
JohnR
Posted by Mike Smith on July 28, 2010 at 8:27 AM
Thanks John - FWIW the 100mm USM is 8 bladed, the new 100mm IS USM is 9 'round' bladed.

I was just surprised at the noticeable bokah effect given how well respected the lens is for macro sharpness. Bokah is bokah, there's 'nout you can do about it!
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on July 28, 2010 at 11:04 AM
Very well done John - a tricky shot to pull off handheld with a foot in the sink! Nice to see the high ISO. The really appealing thing for me is the subtle detail of the spider's web. Like it lots - simple but effective.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Dave Courtenay on July 28, 2010 at 1:41 PM
Well seen-like it

Dave :toast: :toast:
Posted by Shaun Simpson on July 28, 2010 at 3:03 PM
Good spot,good thinking and different, like it
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 28, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Different, but expect nothing else from you....always thinking creatively. Nice shot.

Ian
Posted by Karen Summers on July 28, 2010 at 4:03 PM
something different and I like it
Posted by David Taylor on July 28, 2010 at 4:45 PM
Great stuff. My daughter and granddaughter tell me off about spiders' webs on my windows, but if an opportunity arises like this it will be well worth the hassle. :smile: :wink:

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 29, 2010 at 1:57 AM
Fantastic image. I like it a lot. :smile: :smile:
Posted by David Kjaer on July 29, 2010 at 3:38 AM
Love it.

David :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on July 29, 2010 at 4:03 AM
Very well spotted an taken - spooky in a way too! I hope you have good injury insurance cover!!
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 29, 2010 at 1:45 PM

A wel thought out image John, like it lots.

Andy...
Posted by Major Gilbert on July 29, 2010 at 6:22 PM
Well spotted John and what a great idea thought out.

Major.
Posted by Craig Jones on July 30, 2010 at 5:52 PM
Wonderful image,great vision on your part John love it :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Marcus Conway on August 1, 2010 at 7:48 AM
This works for me as it is. The way the web works out from the light really balances the image for me :toast: