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Dinner at Sunset
Dinner at Sunset
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Macro V (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D
Lens: Sigma 24mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF Macro for Minolta
Location: Thompson Falls, Montana
Date: Jun 30, 2005
Aperture: 16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2005

 I took this photograph in Thompson Falls, Montana.
In order to properly expose the spider and underexpose the sky, I used a very small aperature. I used a ring flash to illuminate the spider.
After opening the RAW format image, I used Photoshop in the lab colorspace to
1. sharpen the lightness channel using unsharp mask
2. increase the contrast by steepening the a and b channels

Statistics
Place: 173 out of 374
Avg (all users): 5.4508
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 5.3588
Avg (non-participants): 5.6622
Views since voting: 904
Views during voting: 346
Votes: 244
Comments: 13
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/10/2005 04:16:10 PM
Love the backgroun and lighting. The spide itself is less graphic. Nice mood.
 07/09/2005 01:14:01 PM
Nice use of lighting the foreground and capturing the background.
 07/08/2005 08:39:35 PM
The background and the web are nice in this picture, but the spider looks like a glob.
 07/08/2005 08:34:55 AM
Seems planned and considered. Technically good.Noce to see shape in the background not a standard blur out.
 07/08/2005 06:02:44 AM
Holy... What a beautiful shot here... with the sunset behind... Focus is perfect... Picture is a little dark though but nice job here.... 8
 07/06/2005 03:47:13 PM
Spooky shot. Nice job.
 07/06/2005 08:21:29 AM
nice composition though the sppider would have stood out more against the dark background. If the spider had been positioned just below the bright spot I would have liked this a lot more
 07/05/2005 02:51:46 PM
Sooo Fierce
 07/05/2005 04:11:16 AM
wooow, nice moment, i like the colours, good luck
 07/04/2005 08:11:39 PM
5 - Good concept, need more detail.
 07/04/2005 10:43:51 AM
Wow! Very cool capture! I think you might be able to get more DOF out of your spider if it wasn't in the brightest part of the sunset, but still a very nice job!
 07/04/2005 08:34:46 AM
Great perspective with the image in the background. Maybe lighting on the web would have showcased it better I'd have liked to see the spider up closer. Overall - nice.
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 07/03/2005 08:21:42 PM
The background seems to distract from the spider. Wish you could have gotten in closer to the spider.
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