I'm very happy that this placed so high! I'm actually very excited about 5th place because it is my first 5th place finish and completes the set (1,2,3,4,5)!
EDIT: Rats, bumped to 4th, now I have to shoot for 5th again. :)
Thanks to team DPC7 for helping me decide on this one..here are the outtakes:
Statistics
Place: 4 out of 364 Avg (all users): 6.7484 Avg (commenters): 8.5000 Avg (participants): 6.6076 Avg (non-participants): 6.8875 Views since voting: 4942 Views during voting: 240 Votes: 159 Comments: 28 Favorites: 8 (view)
I like the detail here and the bokeh is wonderful. The little accent of the spider web is nice, though I think a spider in the actual web would have really made the shot. Congrats on the wonderful placement.
Oh Jason! This TOTALLY rocks!! You are amazing! CONGRATULATIONS on more top honors with your excellent photography! What a gift to take ordinary objects and turn them into a truly WOW photo!
really nice job of keeping the whole subject sharp with that focal length and aperture. I prolly would have had to shot at least a 100 to get one good, great job, great composition, really nice for the challenge
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background v good,
Technical: Focus, Exposure: v good,
Appeal:print and hangon wall
Total Averaged Rating 10.