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Green Barn Spider Against Foliage
Green Barn Spider Against Foliage
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Color on Color (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Upton, MA., USA
Date: Jul 22, 2006
Aperture: 13
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jul 25, 2006

Here is a rather large Barn spider clinging to and repairing it's damaged orb web.

Shot at night with a 580EX Speedlite flash and my 24-70mm lense macro on my 5D.

Shot in Raw and edited in Rawshoot Essentials:
-Slight Decrease in exposure
-Small amount of fill light
-Saturation big bump
-Shadow contrast bump
-Highlight contrast slight bump

Photoshop:
-Auto Levels
-Resize
-Sharpen
-Save for web

Statistics
Place: 212 out of 239
Avg (all users): 4.4551
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.4342
Avg (non-participants): 4.4622
Views since voting: 700
Views during voting: 380
Votes: 301
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/01/2006 03:57:42 PM
Not sure this meets the challenge
08/01/2006 11:53:23 AM
courageous choice of color
07/29/2006 03:09:11 AM
not very clear what it is... ?overexposed
07/28/2006 10:44:27 PM
hmm, it's hard to see what the background really is..
And if you hadn't told me that was a spider, It would've taken me a few minutes to realize that's what it was.
Maybe it's just me and I'm slow?
Other than that, I actually do like the 'black/dark' background :)
07/28/2006 07:37:25 PM
More contrast & brightness would help me know if the title claim was true or not. However, it is a rather striking image of its own merit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/28/2006 01:16:14 PM
Little too dark. Can only see a little green on the spider and mostly black in the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/28/2006 12:34:32 PM
Ugh, this gives me the creeps to look at! Good idea though.
07/27/2006 09:05:00 PM
I think this would've fit better in the Black and White in Color challenge.
07/26/2006 01:35:00 AM
this might work if the spider only looked more green, but the bright lighting makes him/her look more silver than green


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