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Spider Ahead
karmat


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Challenge: Macro II (Classic Editing)
Collection: Macro
Camera: Sony DSC-F707
Location: Bethel, NC
Date: Sep 15, 2003
Aperture: na
ISO: 100
Shutter: na
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 21, 2003

 This is a "writing spider." Actually, I have no idea what kind it is, but that is what we call them because of the way they "write" in their webs. My grandmother used to tell that she had one outside her kitchen window. It was around the time Eisenhower was running for president, adn she claimed that the spider wrote "IKE" in the web. Who knows?

Any way. Posed a particular challenge because i didn't want to get too close and upset the web, but the sun was backlighting it. S/he wouldn't move no matter what I promised.

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Place: 58 out of 200
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/28/2003 06:44:14 PM
Great shot! 9
 09/28/2003 06:02:49 PM
omg! I feel like I have been shrunk, rather than the spider enlarged! yikes!
great detail! good work!
 09/27/2003 05:52:22 AM
Interesting composition and viewpoint. Wouldn't hurt it to be a bit lighter, though. Perhaps a bit of fill-in flash?
 09/24/2003 08:34:27 PM
Frightening. Good macro. (Well, isn't that the point?)
 09/24/2003 03:47:02 PM
Great detail.9
 09/24/2003 12:06:31 PM
Wow... that's really really scary. -shudders- Awesome photo. Great colour. (looks again really quick) WAH! Okay, yeah, very crisp and wonderful. Great job.
 09/23/2003 02:47:58 PM
Wow, big, close...this is a serious macro!
 09/23/2003 02:23:59 PM
great capture - yellow orb spider I think and very interesting webs they weave
this has great sense of the spider just waiting
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 09/22/2003 09:51:45 AM
Now that's a spider shot!
 09/22/2003 09:04:42 AM
This photo has a good WOW factor because of the close proximity to the spider!
The thick black border isn't really necessary, though I still give it a 9!
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 09/21/2003 11:30:07 PM
The darker color of the spider really makes it pop out of the picture. The green of the background really helps with this. Pretty good details in the spider. You can see all the individual hairs. Don't really like the frame too much. It blends in too much with the black of the spider.
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