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Look who's coming for dinner. (Beatle walking on web)
Look who's coming for dinner. (Beatle walking on web)
Andrew Latham


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Serendipity (Basic Editing I)
Camera: HP PhotoSmart 735
Location: La Linea, Cadiz (Spain)
Date: Apr 17, 2004
Aperture: F:5.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/393
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2004

 Found these massive web formations around cactii on my way home. There were loads of spiders, this guy was on the web. Amazingly he was able to escape.

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Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/04/2004 11:29:31 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Nice to meet you Andrew.

I think one major point was underscored by a comment you received: the background is distracting. You can't always control these things, but if you are able to change your aperture or even the angle you shoot from, sometimes you can dramatically improve your composition just by focusing on the stuff around your main subject. In this case, you took a wonderfully focused shot (don't mind the 'blurry' stuff - your subject is in focus) and just didn't quite get there with the composition or technical quality.

This is an interesting bug - I don't think I'd like to see one like it. lol

Mav
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 04/23/2004 08:00:24 PM
Nice idea - the "arrows" in the web pattern seem to be telling the visitor which way to go. But unfortunately the backgroud being so busy and bright destroys the image photographically. Compsitionally, I think it would have been better if the beetle was not so centered.
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Fujifilm FinePix 3800
 04/23/2004 02:57:48 PM
Which Beatle is that? Paul or Ringo?
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
 04/22/2004 09:01:23 PM
kinda blurry...
 04/21/2004 03:15:11 PM
Fascinating find. I like how the blurred parts of the web in the foreground look like little arrows. Nicely composed.
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