Battle of the Titans

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• trinko (4314)
• [2007-02-27 23:29]

great action capture. technical details aren't great, a bit of blur too little DOF, but i'm amazed you could capture this at all. good work!

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• marhowie (302)
• [2007-02-27 23:45]

Hello David,
I like where you were going with this one..
I can't see from your shooting data what ISO you have used..
What I can see is that you needed a slightly faster shutter and probably a higher ISO for this shot. I always use tripod and and remote shutter with mirror-lock for shots at 1/100th and below. I've shot these spiders alot. They are perfect tripod subjects because when they have prey, the're busy sucking the life out of their subjects :)
Your shot is well composed with good detail and the red flower makes a great BG. Good exposure and color. Some camera shake is evident in the shot though...
TFS!

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• anel (15730)
• [2007-02-28 3:30]

Hi David,
What's going on in this beautiful flower? Terrible hidden secrets! Excellent capture.
Bonne journée
Anne

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• claudine (0)
• [2007-02-28 6:12]

Hello David,
Those colors are stunning and this is a very good moment caught! This spider looks like the crab spider I have in my garden but mine are yellow :) Details are OK on the insect but it looks like they very moving faster than this shutter speed could handle ;) Well seen. Thanks,
Claudine

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• Silke (5406)
• [2007-02-28 6:25]

A fascinating battle captured for us here and I must say that the BG is quite perfect: blood-red!
TFS
silke

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• delic (898)
• [2007-02-28 7:52]

Hello David,
Excellent catch of a decisive moment in nature! Great technical execution here. I like the composition and the colors, too. Very well done.
Best,
Hakan

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• marmottelolo (14691)
• [2007-02-28 12:26]
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bonjour david
excellente netteté sur l'araignée et sa proie,en revanche vous auriez pu essayer de fermer d'avantage le diaphragme pour avir touts les etamines dans le champ.
laurent

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• shirgold (2700)
• [2007-03-01 3:21]

Hi Dave,
An excellent subject and fantastic colors.
The image lacks some sharpness maybe because of camera shake a tripod would be useful.
Seems these woods are extremely productive!
TFS - Shir

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• Janice (18648)
• [2007-03-02 4:54]

Hi David it is so good to see a permitted cultivated flower on TN - hurrah for the spider and how sad for the bee! Well composed and the vibrant colours show up well. TFS
Janice

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• TheMystic (507)
• [2007-03-17 15:07]

Exceptional capture, and the colors just jumped off the screen in the thumbnail! Very nice details!
Cheers
Otto