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Peepo

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted June 21, 2011284 views22 comments

I've not posted an image for some time but I'll be interested to read any views on this one be they good, bad or indifferent

It's a Jumping Spider - Sitticus pubescens on a yellow leaf taken deliberately from a very low angle to get the 'peepo' effect.

Canon 7D with MP-E 65mm macro lens and MT-24 flash unit, f11, 1/160, ISO 100. Full frame in terms of width but a slight crop off the top for composition.

All comments welcomed

Matt

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by PhilH on June 21, 2011 at 3:09 PM

Love it Matt... however I do feel that it needs a tad less mush in the foreground, just to get a touch more definition in a wonderful subject, maybe, just maybe, a slightly (read fractional) higher viewpoint, but know how hard that is at these mags....

Registered on December 31, 2004, 51 Posts, 281 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Mason on June 21, 2011 at 3:11 PM

It's brilliant! Your strategy has worked to perfection.

Registered on December 14, 2005, 399 Posts, 2305 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Rosser on June 21, 2011 at 3:21 PM

Wow thats a sunglasses job, bright or what! These are tiny creatures, the focussing is great IMO, perhaps a little less FG, and a little more Height though. A great image Matt!
Regards,
Paul Rosser.

Registered on October 25, 2009, 61 Posts, 188 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Litten on June 21, 2011 at 4:49 PM

Love it

Has a B-movie feel to it - a giant spider coming out of the mist!

Simon

Registered on June 22, 2006, 24 Posts, 275 Comments

Comment posted by Colin Pickett on June 21, 2011 at 5:05 PM

Fantastic image Matt very different and unique, will make a great screen saver.

Great work

Registered on December 30, 2004, 23 Posts, 156 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Macdermott on June 21, 2011 at 5:52 PM

Love it Matt

Registered on January 31, 2008, 15 Posts, 135 Comments

Comment posted by Graham Goddard on June 21, 2011 at 7:09 PM

Super Matt - really like this a lot. Bold, bright and eye catching (no pun intended .......

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Registered on November 21, 2008, 66 Posts, 253 Comments

Comment posted by Carl Battreall on June 21, 2011 at 10:35 PM

Very Cool Matt.

Registered on August 29, 2007, 24 Posts, 222 Comments

Comment posted by Craig Myers on June 21, 2011 at 11:46 PM

I think this is great. I don't know if others would agree, but the golden bath of color seems to lessen the creep factor almost to the point of humor.

Registered on September 1, 2008, 85 Posts, 757 Comments

Comment posted by Balan Vinod on June 22, 2011 at 1:06 AM

Beautiful piece of work Matt ..very abstract ..and lovely ...well done..

Balan Vinod

Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments

Comment posted by Jeroen Stel on June 22, 2011 at 4:28 AM

Love the composition, mush, and "peep" effect!
Well done!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Registered on November 10, 2003, 366 Posts, 481 Comments

Comment posted by David Sewell on June 22, 2011 at 6:20 AM

A great piece of work - truly original.

David

Registered on September 10, 2008, 63 Posts, 801 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Ellard on June 22, 2011 at 9:16 AM

Stunning but at the risk of sounding sycophantic I always say that for your shots, promise to hate the next one

Registered on December 17, 2010, 60 Posts, 634 Comments

Comment posted by Tom_W on June 22, 2011 at 2:29 PM

I really like it, it is clear what it is but leaves you wnating more.

T

Registered on December 10, 2003, 38 Posts, 87 Comments

Comment posted by Oscar Dewhurst on June 22, 2011 at 2:58 PM

Fantastic!! Love its eyes!

Oscar

Registered on August 6, 2009, 85 Posts, 502 Comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on June 22, 2011 at 8:28 PM

Brilliant !
JR

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Askew on June 23, 2011 at 2:55 AM

Brillant work Matt works realy well for me

Registered on February 19, 2011, 11 Posts, 90 Comments

Comment posted by Sandra Hendrikse on June 23, 2011 at 5:09 AM

Fantastic shot. Very well done.

Registered on January 23, 2008, 48 Posts, 769 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Cole on June 23, 2011 at 9:11 AM

many thanks for the comments.

Matt

Registered on February 18, 2008, 17 Posts, 267 Comments

Comment posted by Neil Burton on June 23, 2011 at 5:32 PM

Peepingmush, works for me!

Registered on September 16, 2010, 26 Posts, 461 Comments

Comment posted by Craig Jones on June 26, 2011 at 5:33 AM

One of the best Macro shots I've ever seen and for me your best shot on here and there's been some amazing ones

The lack of anything apart from the subject is what works so well for me with this image.brilliant Matt

Registered on January 31, 2009, 67 Posts, 316 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Haskell on June 26, 2011 at 11:10 AM

Looks good...overall nice feel too.

Ian

Registered on October 30, 2008, 24 Posts, 673 Comments