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Colorful Orbweaver

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 15, 2012186 views15 comments

Another picture of one of the many Orchard Orbweaver spiders in my gardens. The colorful background is OOF flowers in a flower bed.

Canon Rebel T1i. 180mm macro lens. F/4.5 for 1/125 sec. ISO 800. Tripod mounted, natural lighting.

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15 comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 15, 2012 at 2:55 PM

Carolyn,
Love the color, BG and the framing plus the silk action, Very Nice.

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on July 15, 2012 at 8:22 PM

An outstanding spider macro image, Carolyn, and, IMO, certainly the best of the three you've posted. The colors of the spider are amazing, and the detail you captured is superb. Love the BG as well. No nits. Outstanding.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on July 15, 2012 at 9:34 PM

Good sharp focus on the eye but the greens & yellows look way over satuated to be natural.

Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on July 15, 2012 at 10:00 PM

Like the colors nice detail and web spining. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on July 15, 2012 at 11:42 PM

Wow, that's a gorgeous orb weaver! The colors of these metalic-looking species are amazing. The only thing about this that I think could be improved is the composition. With the colorful abdomen centered, the spider is headed out of the frame instead of into it. Of course, the right side is probably out of focus, so you don't want more there. Going with a different aspect ratio would allow you to remove some of the left side for better balance, and you could do that without losing too much of the web.

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on July 16, 2012 at 5:03 AM

amazing colors and details...beautiful work, Carolyn

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on July 16, 2012 at 8:42 AM

Wow....you presented this spider so beautifullly! I love how the lighting shows off her abdomen & the lovely colors in the BG.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on July 16, 2012 at 10:54 AM

John N--These spiders really are these beautiful colors! I never realized that until viewing them through my macro lens. I would have done just a very slight saturation of these colors but to me they look as the spider looks.

Wayne--I did have some concerns about the comp for the reasons you stated. However, I liked the web on the left and the right was too OOF and bland so I decided to stick with this comp even though it bothered me some too.

Thanks everyone for your comments! So much beauty to behold if we only stop to notice.

Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on July 16, 2012 at 11:54 AM

Dang, I stand corrected. We don't get such colorful spiders out here on the prairies. Simple garden spiders are about as brilliant as we get. Thanks!

Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 16, 2012 at 12:03 PM

I haven't seen one of these for quite awhile, and it's not from the lack of looking..
You're lucky to have so many in your garden.
I especially like the color split BG. Great detail, POV, & comp Carolyn

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Comment posted by Bunn Martin on July 16, 2012 at 2:14 PM

Wow ! I love this image. Perfect DOF and the light on the web make the image.

Registered on September 17, 2011, 38 Posts, 167 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 17, 2012 at 9:59 AM

Hi Carolyn :wavey : You captured the detail and color remarkably well! Excellent work

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on July 17, 2012 at 3:52 PM

The colors are really nice throughout, including the background. Looks like you had just enough DoF to make it work well in that light too. Nice job, Carolyn.

Max