Now that the snow is flying, it was difficult finding bugs. Luckily the basement is full of spiders. I shot inside, on a make shift set. I drilled holes in a 2x4. The holes were filled with 1-2 foot long twigs. Making a naturally feeling environment for him. For a background, I had some leaves from the fall. The leaves were glued to a piece of Bristol board. Then suspended behind the scene maybe 3-4 feet. The spider was coaxed into making webs, using water spray. I believe I used an on camera flash and a separate flash for the background. I had a ton of fun on this one. Hopefully, my new lens will start paying for itself. I love my Macro! Very slight reduction in highlights, sharpened image, removed a few dust specs, converted to jpg for web in iphoto.
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The simplicity and limited palette in your image are its strong features. Perhaps greater depth of field to focus about half the remaining body could improve the overall effect.
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