Hi all,
Here's a spider shot I took today using Larry's K100Ds with my M 50/2
attached. It was under pretty deplorable photography conditions, but it
was the only time I've had a chance to get a shot of this particular
spider -- one of three within a few yards of each other with webs built
between the roof line and the windowsill on the front of the house.
Normally, as soon as I get anywhere near them, they scramble up into the
rain gutters. But, this time, this particular spider didn't take off
and I managed to get an angle shooting upward between the wall of the
house and the sky. Unfortunately, I had to shoot straight into the sun,
and I just wasn't able to use the flash well enough to compensate for
the backlit conditions. But, when I got to looking at the image on the
ol' computer, I liked the outline too much to relegate to the crap archive.
So, I cropped the hell out of it, sharpened the hell out of it, added
some "film grain" to it, converted it to monochrome and made it into a
silhouette.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6233509410/
K100Ds, M 50/2, ISO 200, f/16, 1/500
I've toyed with tinting the background with somewhat interesting
results, but to my eye, they detract from what I've done already. So, I
figured I'd ask if anyone had any suggestions as to how I might improve
it as an image. It's obviously not a showcase shot for a portfolio. It
just struck me as a cool silhouette given the upcoming Halloween
season. Plus, I've wanted a shot of that spider for a while, and I've
never gotten a good shot of one in motion like that.
Thanks!
Walt
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