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And Along came a Spider
And Along came a Spider
Cyrilda


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Purple V (Standard Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
Location: Hot Springs National Park, AR
Date: Oct 2, 2016
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/40
Date Uploaded: Oct 4, 2016

 I cropped, quick selected the spider, colored purple, inverted, then used brush to add purple splatter. Opened it in Topaz and added the liquid effect. The photo was taken with my polarize filter so it was blue to start with.

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Place: 40 out of 59
Avg (all users): 4.8235
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
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Views since voting: 362
Views during voting: 106
Votes: 68
Comments: 5
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Canon EOS-80D
 10/13/2016 05:39:14 PM
I still like the spider. Wish I had done less to the background. Thank you so much for your critique.
Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS
 10/13/2016 05:57:52 AM
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge

Well, its certainly purple! Your composition is good placing the spider on an appropriate hotspot but I’m afraid I’m one of those who dislike the processing. In a way I like it because it makes the spider less obvious and you have to search more for it but it just feels too much, a bit overdone. I supose its the sort of effect you either like or you don’t. Thanks for a different and stimulating entry Susie.
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Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 10/11/2016 07:47:04 PM
I'm seeing a lot of this filter recently. I think it would have been much more interesting without the swirling filter. Intriguing, yet over done.
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 10/06/2016 09:49:43 PM
Not voting because I can't see these colors correctly (color deficient)

Commenting only

crazy patterns in this and love the little spider, he is really cool looking
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 10/06/2016 01:19:18 AM
The more I look at this the more it grows on me! I realise some will think the editing is over the top but it's kind of funky, makes the spider look rather friendly!
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