A Little Shy, A Big Bottom

Critiques [Translate]

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• scottevers7 (12257)
• [2005-08-17 21:10]

Hi Paul,
An excellent composition. The color and detail are amazing. The fill flash was alittle strong, but it still birngs out every detail well.
Nice Work!
Scott

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• hummingbird24 (64)
• [2005-08-17 22:09]

Your title makes me smile, Paul.

An interesting POV on this one, good details, and composition.

I'll have to take off two points for the OE though....when I find it :-)

Congratulations on your special posting, and thank you for sharing it.

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• lglandon (1314)
• [2005-08-17 23:41]

Paul,
Nice composition. The POV for this close up is wonderful.
TFS, Laurent

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• alainh (378)
• [2005-08-18 0:19]

hello Paul.
a solendid spider, a good shot, and an excelent note.
a nice job you make
regards
alain

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• CaptiveLight (1121)
• [2005-08-18 1:01]

Clear, sharp and as detailed as ever Paul, love the way you have her holding her web to feel the slightest knock.

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• liquidsunshine (11488)
• [2005-08-18 2:20]

Good shot Paul
Good detail and great POV. Nicely exposed. Well composed. good framing, good colours & notes.
Well captured, thanks for posting.

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• wallhalla15 (13787)
• [2005-08-18 3:13]

Great macro Paul. Colorfull with very good sharpness and very good details. Very good job. WEll done

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• shirgold (2654)
• [2005-08-18 3:53]

Hello Paul,
Great macro shot.
Excellent details
TFS.

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• Runnerduck (1847)
• [2005-08-18 4:21]

Razor sharp, excellent detail. Colours are perfect. OE is unnoticeable.
How large is she, you didn't say.
Perfect composition.
A great image, thanks for posting.

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• red45 (26809)
• [2005-08-18 5:14]

Yes, I like her very much Paul! Excellent patterns on her back, very detailed and sharp, great DOF with nicely visible spikes on legs. Lovely pose with one leg on web.

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• sway (1212)
• [2005-08-18 6:36]

Hi Paul,
Fantastic shot but her legs are very hairy ;)
Great composition.
Perfectly cropped and framed.
I love the patterns on her back.
Well done.
:)

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• electra (679)
• [2005-08-18 7:03]

Hi Paul,
great macro. Exellent details. I like the hairs on her legs. :-) Well done and TFS.

Martina

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• marhowie (34529)
• [2005-08-18 7:44]

Perfect title, Cute! Sharp and detailed with an excellent composition..The colors and light are great, don't know what you're talking about, Very well done.

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• thistle (9152)
• [2005-08-18 9:03]

Superb shot Paul!
The composition couldn't have been better. Details are percect as well.
If you didn't write about the OE I wouldn't even noticed that - the lighting seems to be very good.
Overall, very interesting post.
WELL DONE & TFS

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2005-08-18 10:19]

Hello Paul!
Perfect capture.Lighting,clear details,sharpness,DOF,POV and composition are excellent.TFS...:-)

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• gerhardt (11529)
• [2005-08-18 10:50]

Finger on the trigger... :)

Brilliant use of the flash here Paul. Even though a bit OE the light looks very natural. Its hardly noticable and its something I still battle with a lot. The only give away is the head in the shadows. Normally it would have been distracting but I find it quite nice. It adds to the depth of the photo. We have a similar one called hairy field spider. Also Araneus sp. I don't think we have this one though.

Nice symetrical pose as well.

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• ellis49 (28679)
• [2005-08-18 11:15]

Great macro, Paul.
I like the composition, it's excellent.
Very good details, nice colours and good POV.
The little OE from the flash is not disturbing.
Excellent work.

PL

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• doubleg57 (333)
• [2005-08-18 14:12]

Very nice shot.
It's the first time I see a spider with a cross. For me there where all black or simply brown.
TN is a real mine of information about animals.
TFS
Guy

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• livios (16856)
• [2005-08-18 17:01]

Paul, no doubt it's a great capture.

I like pov a lot. As for the overexposure you mentioned, it doesn't bother me. After all, the photo as a whole is much bigger than that.

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• Luc (14713)
• [2005-08-18 20:50]

Hi Paul, I have no time to write a decent comment. I give to you the well deserved smiley.

Thank you for sharing pictures and notes and for the enjoyment which they give to me.

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• TAZ (10918)
• [2005-08-19 3:58]

What an imperssive and interesting spider that you have well captured ! Composition, pose, colors, DOF, details and sharpness are great ! Thanks for sharing Paul.

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• klemmg (1719)
• [2005-08-19 15:03]

Well deserved 2 points. I like the minimalistic approach with the strong lines running together a the anchor point. Would not have noticed the OE area due to the flash (thanks for pointing it out), might as well have been lighter hair, there is still good detail left in that region.
Effective composition, TFS,
Gabi

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• deud (2121)
• [2005-08-31 3:31]

great one! excellent composition. i like very much the wires of the net (sometimes in shadow)! excellent

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• Fisher (8915)
• [2005-10-31 13:14]

Hi Paul,

Beautiful shot, excellent composition and details. Superb focus and DOF.

Mike