Dangerous Liason

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• RAP (7405)
• [2004-11-11 4:50]
• [3]

Wow... me recuerda la diferencia de altura entre mi esposa y yo Andy... mide 13 cm. más y parezco como este pequeño macho al lado de ella.... jejeje.
Excelente, realmente. Buena agudeza con excelente POV y DOF (tal vez un F4 hubiera resultado mas beneficioso... o eso creo).
Bien hecho y gracias por compartirla con nosotros.

Wow... I remember to me the height difference between my wife and me Andy... measures 13 cm. more and I seem like this small male next to her.... jejeje.
Excellent, really. Good sharpness with excellent POV and DOF (perhaps a F4 had been more beneficial... or that I believe).
Well done and thanks for sharing.

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• ellis49 (30807)
• [2004-11-11 4:53]
• [2]

Very good Andy.
This is a piece of real nature.
It's best for him to have a gift if he not will the lunch.
Very good composition and sharpness.
Great note.
Excellent work

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• TAZ (10926)
• [2004-11-11 4:53]
• [2]

Belle photo pour ce moment d'intimité animale ! Il est intéressant de constater ici la diférence de taille entre le mâle et la femmelle...
Well done !

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• netfalls (0)
• [2004-11-11 5:03]

Wow, great shot perfect details.
Well done

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• red45 (30243)
• [2004-11-11 5:12]
• [2]

I'm in luck that I'm not a spider :-) Very good action-shot. I like details on spider's legs.

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• gerhardt (11585)
• [2004-11-11 6:38]
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You know me by know... this is the stuff i like. Wonderfull action shot. Very fitting title. If you had light you should use a smaller aperture f4 as Ricardo said would have had all the legs in the DOF. Great shot.

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• marhowie (302)
• [2004-11-11 8:05]
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Andy, Great caption & moment captured! I think your image has suffered a bit from use of F/2.8 though. Overall a great shot with these two spiders in the same frame. Thanx for posting!

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• Fisher (8915)
• [2004-11-11 12:02]
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Lay aside the tech., what a mommnent captured. I like the drama scene, suspense.
Well done

Mike

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• extramundi (12818)
• [2004-11-11 12:17]
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Andy, although the NI gave it the usual glossy effect, the shot works very well. With that parameters I realize you had very little light, so I think you did very well considering the circumstances. Well done.

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• PDP (11769)
• [2004-11-11 16:06]
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Maybe it's out of view but it appears that he has already lost a leg. Women can cost you an arm and a leg for sure ;-). I'm disapointed that he gave up, I can't have been love!

Good shot Andy, a rare touching moment in the love life of spiders.

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• mogens-j (20)
• [2004-11-11 18:03]
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Very good capture of this proposal Andy. The colours are great as well as the cropping/composition. Only nit - it would have been nice with a higher aperture making a better dof but you cannot get it all every time ;-).

It is true about the risk the male takes when he is courting. Actually I had the luck to get some shots of such fatal situation some time ago which you can see here. This little guy didn't get away.

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• japie (5187)
• [2004-11-11 22:43]
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One thing this male should not do is mention her size - then he will find out why she is so big - eating all the males before him that mentioned her size.

You have mentioned the noise, so I wont go there. The DOF at 2.8 seems smaller than the size of the female, but this is an excellent moment you caught here.

Glad you decided to post it.

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• willie (2083)
• [2004-11-12 1:48]
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The name says it all. The detail is amazing. This is straight into my favourites. Very well done.

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• Luc (14729)
• [2004-11-12 10:10]

A great two in one picture, Andy. Sharpness and DOF at its best.
Like Ricardo said: "(perhaps a F4 had been more beneficial... or that I believe)."
Great post anyway.
TFS.

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• ydavid (76)
• [2004-11-13 10:32]
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This shot reminds me of acrobats in the circus. Very nice shot with great DOF.

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• Esox (972)
• [2004-11-15 12:48]

Superb shot. I like the behaviour illustration.
Great DOF and sharpness.
Well done.

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• NitzanCK (882)
• [2005-03-14 13:05]

Excellent catch Andy.
Great composition and details, very good POV.
Nature is beautiful, good work Andy! TFS!

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• livios (16906)
• [2005-05-17 0:15]

Andy, a great title. Maybe, because I do enjoy the book by Choderlos de Laclos.

Excellent composition and great blurred bg.

Congratulations.

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• malgosia (0)
• [2005-07-06 6:30]

hello:) one day I will do photo like this one:)I hope so:) really beauty one

rgs

malgosia

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• puciu (2603)
• [2006-06-23 15:31]

Bardzo fajne zdjêcie, doskonale wysz³o. Kadr i ostro¶æ super.

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• peco85 (70)
• [2006-06-28 1:04]

Hello Andy!

what a fantastic closeup from a bugs life:) Really good composition and I like the focus. The DOF is good. Thank you for sharing!

PeCO

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• Nephrotome2 (2129)
• [2006-07-11 6:49]

Brilliant colors. Very good composition. Nice scene. I do smell the danger.