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No, Bubba, I said get ON my back! Viewer discretion is advised...
No, Bubba, I said get ON my back! Viewer discretion is advised...
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Challenge: Insects (Classic Editing)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix 2800Z
Location: Neighbor's garden
Date: Sep 4, 2003
Aperture: f/8.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/181
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 5, 2003

 Taken with my hand and camera inside a plastic pitcher to get close enough to where this wolf spider and her brood were temporarily captured. This was the only way I could take the picture without losing my subject. My hand and arm had imaginary baby spiders crawling on them for hours afterwards.

Statistics
Place: 84 out of 137
Avg (all users): 5.4459
Avg (commenters): 4.8889
Avg (participants): 5.1333
Avg (non-participants): 5.9310
Views since voting: 977
Votes: 148
Comments: 10
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/14/2003 06:28:19 PM
Not too bad, although it was obviously taken in captivity and doesn't look natural at all. One other problem; there's no way I'm going to give a good rating to a spider when the challenge is titled "INSECTS". A spider is an arachnid, and anyone who tries to pass one off as an insect deserves to lose points.
 09/12/2003 01:07:23 PM
Yuk! But great shot all the same!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/11/2003 05:43:57 AM
Nice use of intimacy. The contrasts could be enhanced a bit and the overwhelming whites are a little distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/09/2003 01:04:39 PM
Bad Bubba! Not listening to Momma.
Great shot! Really gives me the creepy crawlies.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/09/2003 01:57:31 AM
That is so nasty, I'm giving you an 8. Great capture :) Jacko.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/08/2003 01:04:21 PM
What is the surface? Is this a captive spider? Certainly amazing
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/08/2003 09:32:36 AM
Old mother Hubbard? ......fantastic find.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/08/2003 08:48:46 AM
Now that's a spider macro.

I'd like to know what your background is (A plate?), as this helps the composition which is great in every way from layout through to the background itself.

Technically I'd say a tiny bit greater depth of field might have made the hairs on the spider's legs a little bit clearer.

Easily the best spider shot I've seen yet.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/08/2003 08:37:53 AM
Not considered an insect
 09/08/2003 06:30:37 AM
Many spiders, but no insects. You didn't meet the challenge.


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