I took this photograph in Thompson Falls, Montana.
In order to properly expose the spider and underexpose the sky, I used a very small aperature. I used a ring flash to illuminate the spider.
After opening the RAW format image, I used Photoshop in the lab colorspace to
1. sharpen the lightness channel using unsharp mask
2. increase the contrast by steepening the a and b channels
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nice composition though the sppider would have stood out more against the dark background. If the spider had been positioned just below the bright spot I would have liked this a lot more
Wow! Very cool capture! I think you might be able to get more DOF out of your spider if it wasn't in the brightest part of the sunset, but still a very nice job!
Great perspective with the image in the background. Maybe lighting on the web would have showcased it better I'd have liked to see the spider up closer. Overall - nice.
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