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200 macro, velvia, gitzo 340, backyard-NC

-- Les Saucier (skincamp@skybest.com), March 03, 1999

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Looks pretty soft overall. I hope it's sharp on the slide and this is the fault of scanning problems. I assume it's not, however, for the rest of my comments. The idea is a great one, I think, but you missed sharp focus somehow. Depth of field is very shallow at the close focus side of a macro lens, and it's often best to open up all the way when you are shooting something like this to ensure that you get as much of the subject as possible in focus. With moving spiders and windblown flowers focus is even harder, even with a tripod. Better luck next time!

-- Joe Cheatwood (cheatwoo@ufl.edu), March 03, 1999.

I like the image, Les. It does appear a bit soft in this scan. If you use Photoshop it could be improved with an unsharp filter before the final conversion to the jpeg format. The composition is nice, and the spider is great!

-- Steve Kaufman (skphoto@xyz.net), March 03, 1999.

I have rescanned and used the unsharp filter in Photoshop after Steve's advise. Big difference!! Thanks guys, I can use all to advise that I can get. The learning curve for digital darkroom work is uphill all the way for me. Is there some book out there which y'all could recommend? I need a John Shaw's Guide to Digital Darkroom for Nature Photographers.

--Les

-- Les Saucier (skincamp@skybest.com), March 03, 1999.


I like this picture a lot. Sharpness is exactly where it should be, at the head of the spider. The similarity in color of the spider and the center of the flower is neat! Thanks for posting it!

-- Andreas Carl (andreas@physio.unr.edu), March 03, 1999.

The picture is alright, but not 'stunning' IMO (apart from the very interesting subject). Because of its adapted coloration, the spider has to compete for attention with the very dominant black triangles at the edge of the picture. Either the background lighting should have matched that of the flower, or the background should have been omitted (by getting closer). The cut-off flower center is nice.

Greetings,

-- Albin Hunia (a.hunia@dlg.agro.nl), March 04, 1999.



Les, Great detail and exposure of the spider and the yellow part of the flower but the white petals in the foreground being over-exposed and out of focus bothers me. If you had more DOF and better exposure of the petals it would be great IMO. Nice composition too.

-- Barbara Kelly (kellys@alaska.net), March 06, 1999.

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