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Waiting for you !
Photo Information
Copyright: Gert Ellstrom (ellis49) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3390 W: 343 N: 9500] (30867)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-05-31
Categories: Spiders
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 180 Macro Ex H, Digital RAW 200, 1.4 X converter
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-06-01 10:40
Viewed: 1326
Points: 50
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I have no ID for this little spider with black head and face. It was hiding behind some leaves and was waiting for some flies. I think it is a female of a wolf spider.

Technique:
Sigma 180 macro EX HSM, Kenko 1,4 X converter
ISO 200, Raw-format, One shot Autofocus, Handheld
Converted, Levels/Curves, Contrast, Crop, resized to 800 pixels, converted to sRGB save as JPG for the WEB. I used Adobe Photoshop CS2 for PP.

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Hello Gert, I like most of all this composition and POV..Excellent details in this black face and palps that jumps out of the frame at ya! How small was this spider anyway?? Great work in the land of the "Ultra" miniature!!

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  • Fisher Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234] (8915)
  • [2005-06-01 10:57]

Excelent shot and well done on this composition. Excelent work.
Sure looks to be a wolf spider of somekind.

Mike

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2005-06-01 11:23]

Hello Gert!
Superb macro.Details on face are amazing.Colors,lighting,composition and details are perfect.TFS...:-)

Great shot, Gert. I know you were (quite :-) good with these shots, but I'm also impressed by your lens capabilities with the 20D. Viewed like this, with such an efficient POV, you enter in the science-fiction business my friend! I really like it!

Great usage of the DOF. The impact is very good. Tack sharp Gert. Great shot. I have no eyes to compare with these pair. :)

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2005-06-01 12:43]

Gert, very nice title to this very nice photo.

Excellent pov, sharpness and colors. The contrast between the main subject and the bg is very nice too.

Très beau portrait !
J'aime beaucoup, de très bons détails.
Bravo !
Nico.

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  • Zeno Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 451 W: 0 N: 975] (8383)
  • [2005-06-01 13:45]

Really impressing this giant spider.
The details in spider and plant are very clear.
Well done.

regards,

zeno.

Very good colours and very good macro shot, I see that you tried to do some noise reduction, it didn't work very good, because you have smooth parts and noisy parts, but it is just a technical problem.

excellent fine detail. Like the way the composition gives the effect of the spider lurking and ready to pounce. Shelob from Lord of the Rings springs to mind!

Well done.
Matt

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  • naki Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 382 W: 27 N: 5] (40)
  • [2005-06-01 14:52]

Hi Gert, excellent details on the head. I think your Dof seem to be enough, we can see the major parts of the spider very well.
Very good composed with fine BG.
Well done.

Great shot Gert!
The pose of the spider is superb. He has strange, gentle I would say, "face".
The POV and composition are perfect.
I like it very much.
Well done!

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2005-06-01 14:56]

Hi Gert, lovely shot. It's definitely a Lycosid, and I'm pretty certain it's Pardosa, but that's where the trail ends. I love the composition and very nice colours. Very well done.

Hello Gert!
I hope it is not waiting for me ;-)))
Brrrrr...

Nice capture Gert,
Excellent detail and great POV. The colours are great and the DOF spot on.
Thanks for posting

Hello Gert
One very impressive picture.
Excellent Macro and composition.

Superb , just wonderful !

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  • Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1872 W: 304 N: 4301] (14733)
  • [2005-06-02 1:07]

Is it Paul who took this one. No it is Gert.
Gert took it and Paul identify the spider: great team!
Excellent PoV. Excellent work!
Thank you very much for sharing, Lynx's eye!

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2005-06-02 3:34]

Belle composition en macro pour cette impressionnante araignée. Bon impact visuel grâce à la profondeur de champ adaptée.
I don't like how she looks at me with is multiple eyes ;-) Good macro shot Gert !

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 855 W: 23 N: 942] (5111)
  • [2005-06-02 3:38]

Bonjour Gert, je n'avais pas vu cette superbe macro d'araignée en position d'attente. Bon piqué et belles teintes. Félicitations Didier.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2005-06-02 4:58]

Very close to those jaws Gert :-) Must be very scary for ants or flies. Fantastic composition with green BG and sharp, dark spider. Its head looks like skull ;-)

Hi Gert, great macro shot, great sharpness, details and clarity, nice DOF too! I like this spider picture. Thanks for sharing

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2005-06-03 16:43]

Yes, waiting for me and ready to pounce! Very sharp details and colours. Well done.

WOW Gert, all your last macros are fantastic, great quality I really enjoyed looking at every one, but the composition on this one is special, and the size, too :) Thanks very much for sharing.

Hello Gert. I am here again.

Your photo is beautyfull.

Thank you for good mark.

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