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• tinman (2663)
• [2006-01-27 4:24]

Brilliant! Note is very good too. Well done

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• TAZ (10926)
• [2006-01-27 4:32]

Woooooooow ! What a wonderful and interesting macro that you have very well done ! Great natural moment caught for us and the spider but bad for the fly ;-)
Beautiful composition, excellent quality shot and good complementary note...
Congratulations Monika and thanks for sharing with us.

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• phlr (2814)
• [2006-01-27 5:00]

Another great capture Monika!
Nature on it's best (killing for living...)!
Very good job!
Ecellent on details!
Very good BG!
TFS!

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• soccer (1965)
• [2006-01-27 5:55]

An Awesome pic here. Colours, POV, DOF and Composition are superb. Great Pic, TFS, Sheriff

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• Graal (5032)
• [2006-01-27 6:49]

Hej, Osetku, fajnie z³apany choædramatyczny moment. Dobra ostro¶æ, kolory, ³adnie rozmyte t³o. Dobra robota.
Pozdr. Al.

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• petrudamsa (2474)
• [2006-01-27 9:53]

Great action shot. I think the spider was not perfectly camouflaged from the human eye, but I'm not sure that the fly actually can make a colour difference between the bright yellow flower and the spider. Maybe that's why it became an easy prey for the spider.

Regards, Petru

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• dew77 (13209)
• [2006-01-27 12:27]

Hello Monika!
Sorry no time,critique later....:-)

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• wallhalla15 (13829)
• [2006-01-27 12:55]

Hi Monika, this is a dramactic macro. Bravo, excellent shot! Excellent sharpness, colours and POV/DOF. Excellent note too! This is a fantastic presentation. Thank you.

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• peter_stoeckl (10219)
• [2006-01-27 13:04]

Another excellent shot of a crab spider and its prey from you! Again: Very sharp. Very well composed. Big impact. Good notes, too. As for the camouflage: Maybe the spider on the blossom has been looking well camouflaged to the fly, no matter it looks different to our eyes. Both the spider and the blossom are said to reflect a lot of the ultaviolet part of the spectre we do not see, but flies do. What appears white and yellow to us may have appeared in the same colour to the unlucky fly.
Coming back to your picture: I have hardly ever seen a better combination of delicious colours and a horror trip. Congratulations & best regards,
Peter

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• CaptiveLight (991)
• [2006-01-27 14:18]

Life and death on a buttercup... excellent work Monika, this is an amazing shot.

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• PDP (11769)
• [2006-01-27 14:47]

Hello Monika, very nic capture. The details and colurs are fine especially for F4.8. The moment is a very good one. Well done.

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• red45 (30243)
• [2006-01-27 17:06]

Hi Monika!

This is what I like best :-) Violence on flower! Sucked fly! Fate of spider's jaws! Yellow buttercup! Green BG! Black, hairy abdomen! Thistle logo!
Erm, I'm going to bed ;-)

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• gerhardt (11585)
• [2006-01-28 0:43]

This spider looks huge... Very interesting that the camo does not "fit" here. I have read that they also keep the fly in-font of them so that predators take the fly rather that the spider should they attack. Very nice shot, Monika.

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• carper (8424)
• [2006-01-28 3:07]

it's a realy good capture you made here Monika,
the pov is good and the dof is nice. the details are super a very good photo. Good job.
gr. jaap

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• AnimalExplorer (66)
• [2006-01-28 13:44]

Great capture of the predators successful kill and a very desciptive note. Well done Monika. :)

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• liquidsunshine (11494)
• [2006-01-29 11:55]

Hi Monika,
I'm still really busy, but will make time to catch up on your posts.
I don't really need to critique your images, as you know what I'm going to say....;)
Sweet, lovely and perfect....;) well maybe not such a sweet image, unless the fly tastes sweet to the spider!
Thanks for posting. Have a great week my friend.

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• Janice (18648)
• [2006-01-29 15:45]

Yes, very macabric Monika! But so interesting to see it in action here. The flower, spider and fly are all so sharp and clear. Excellent composition, great details, exposition and colours. Good note as well (as usual:)!
Janice

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• anavazao (3829)
• [2006-01-30 3:58]

wow,
the spider have lunch!
good moment, colours, macro, details....
Ana:)

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• christiangrosch (92)
• [2006-01-30 10:43]

Woooooooooooooooow!
Great shot!
Good DOF, beautiful colors!

TFS,
Chris

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• marmottelolo (14691)
• [2006-02-03 9:28]

super monika
magnifique macro, belles couleurs bon contraste et bon BG.
laurent

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• Photobones (155)
• [2006-02-12 21:44]

How gauche to eat black flies raw. Everyone knows you should bake them and sprinkle them with sugar first! Great picture!