jumper

[daniel valovich]

This is a jumping spider. Caught him on the hood of my truck. Late for work because of it.
I never pass up a jumper.
nikon d300
nikkor 105 macro 2.8d
f22
1/60s sb800 strobe
iso 200

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0lSa66pPKio/S-rjQCUgZqI/AAAAAAAADLw/AXVbMlNrrM8/s800/jumper.jpg

[Mike Moats]

Hey Daniel, very cool comp with the reflection. Like the depth of field and nice details and the scary face.

[Julie Kenward]

Very nice pose, Daniel - totally worth being late IMO. ;) You might darken up all those microscopic white spots and then I think you'd have a really wonderful spider image.

[daniel valovich]

Thanks Jules!
I cleaned up the image with cs4

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0lSa66pPKio/S-v-MRgNC4I/AAAAAAAADPE/NTowkYOlV2I/s800/DSC_9247cloned.jpg

[Ken Childs]

Daniel, I think you took the cleanup a bit too far. Some important parts of the reflection are missing now. You should try this again but only remove the tiny white spots. If the white spots are on a part of the reflection, clone over them so the reflection stays intact.

[Julie Kenward]

I see what Ken means but I still like it better than the original. Those white spots were going to look horrible in a print! This would provide a much cleaner outcome.