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Challenge: Centered Composition (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 4500
Location: Lake Zurich, Illinois
Date: May 15, 2004
Aperture: 9.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8 sec
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: May 16, 2004

 This is a jumping spider I was fortunate enough to get onto a piece of white printer paper today. These little guys are so fascinating to me. They are only about 1/8" long but, oh, those eyes! If you've never seen these types of spiders before (or even if you have) check out some of the courtship videos on this page of the Tree of Life Web Project.

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 240
Avg (all users): 6.6322
Avg (commenters): 7.0435
Avg (participants): 6.4336
Avg (non-participants): 7.0000
Views since voting: 1966
Votes: 174
Comments: 29
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 05/24/2004 01:28:17 PM
Wow.. I've never seen a spider like this. What a big head it has.. Great deatils and macro.. The light and the paper gave it a great contrast.. Congrat.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/23/2004 12:40:06 PM
Terrific macro photo of an unusual subject. Fits the theme well. Obviously
a fine camera, given the clarity of the zoom. And
the white background contrasts well with the multi colored spider so
the composition is good too. Even if you don't like spiders, this picture
is hard to ignore. Well done. An 8
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 05/22/2004 02:57:31 PM
Wow, that's weird. :) Great job on the lighting and getting your subject to pose for you like that!
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 05/21/2004 07:50:02 PM
really cool.. would be better with more DOF... crank the apature to the maximum FSTOP
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 05/21/2004 11:03:37 AM
Wow, Brilliant shot. THis is my Blue Ribbon Winner choice..10......(.but I'm normally wrong )
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 05/21/2004 10:57:27 AM
Creepy picture. GREAT detail..wonderful lighting..all in all a great picture.
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 05/20/2004 01:15:14 PM
cool. that's one ugly-ass spider. looks like he's wearing aviator sunglasses :) love the shallow depth, and you've done a pretty good job onthe lighting/backdrop, though the shadows have a lot of colour noise in them. nice work. P
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 05/19/2004 05:29:19 AM
Hope there`s nobody who suffers from arachnophobia on the site as they`ll have a seizure after this one pops up on the screen.
Brilliantly captured
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 05/18/2004 06:35:06 PM
This sooooo gives me the Heebee Jeebees!! It freaks me out just to look at it. Great clarity and intresting (but creepy) subject. Sorry, that's all I can write cause it's creeping me out just to look at it anymore!! :-) Nice job!!
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 05/18/2004 06:28:08 PM
Beautiful specimen. Well composed, well exposed. You could put this in a textbook.
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 05/18/2004 05:39:34 PM
Very nice. Lighting, detail and composition are excellent.
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 05/18/2004 04:24:54 PM
Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!
Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

I'm so f*?% jealous. What a great shot. I love bugs and I love wihte backgrounds. Even the shadow works well. How big is this little guy? Great shot. I really hope you ribbon; my favorite so far. Jacko. 10
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 05/18/2004 03:52:58 PM
At last - an image that represents the reason for a centred composition. Excellent subject - a little noisy but he's just GREAT! These little fellas never cease to entertain me with their awesome vision and characterful movement. Long live spiders.
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 05/18/2004 10:14:26 AM
Nice high-key work, DOF effective, the light perhaps just a shade too even on the little critter to give much sense of texture and fine detail. Difficult subject though - especially if (s)he's alive. Think I'd have worked just a little more on taking the background tho white - still some blue noise visible in areas. Close though. 6
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 05/18/2004 10:11:43 AM
beautiful detail, nice image
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 05/18/2004 09:35:39 AM
Fantastic! My only complaint would be that a little more DOF would be nice, but that's damn tough on a shot like this. Also, if the two main front eyes were centered. But these are nit-picks....8
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 05/18/2004 08:46:05 AM
That's one scary bugger! Nice shot. The shadow is kinda noisy though.
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 05/17/2004 06:26:50 PM
Is this spider wearing glasses? Seriously, great shot.
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 05/17/2004 05:40:03 PM
i love it ... 9
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 05/17/2004 05:15:42 PM
freaky looking thing. wanted to do a shot similar to thing, but didnt find hte rifght spider. nicely done
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 05/17/2004 03:28:11 PM
I almost entered the same type of set-uo, so I obviously like the simple, clean composition. I apologize, but I really can't focus on this much detail of an insect in my face - personal distaste.
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 05/17/2004 01:54:07 PM
I also entered a spider, but mine is plastic. I like yours so much better. Great focus, great shadow, great color. The lighting is a bit bright, washing out the photo a bit. I love the photo over all :)
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 05/17/2004 09:15:19 AM
Challenge centered ΓΆ€“ 10
Creative ΓΆ€“ 9
Appeal (is it interesting?) ΓΆ€“ 9
Technical -10
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 05/17/2004 07:50:28 AM
the blown out background is the only thing I don't like about this one, very good fit for the challenge
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 05/17/2004 06:12:45 AM
F*** MAN! ARE THAT EYES!!! omg! This is creepy!!! Good macro shot man (or mabey its huge?)
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 05/17/2004 05:26:59 AM
Parts of the subject (back legs) are out of focus. Since there's nothing else in the image, this flaw tends to stand out more than it may in a shot with other design elements.
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 05/17/2004 03:17:14 AM
Creepy!
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 05/16/2004 11:22:29 PM
probably been told this already.. but could have benifited from using neat image to take away the pixilation..
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 05/16/2004 10:26:09 PM
A square crop would have made this better, emphasizing the spidey better, the negative space is too much to the right and the left.
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