Flower Spider with Prey

[John Cooper]

It would seem this small flower spider has bitten off more that it can chew!!!

Canon EOS 3, Canon 100mm macro, ISO 100, natural light, F22, Tripod

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Great photo !!

[Robert O'Toole]

Great image, the plane of focus is just about perfect, the BG is awesome and the diagional comp is great.

About the only thing I would change if this was my image, would be to tone down the stick a little so it doesnt stand out so much, would take seconds in PS and really help balance the tones in the image.

Robert

[Steve Maxson]

A very cool photo, John. I agree with Robert about the stick. These little spiders can take down some pretty large prey items sometimes.

[John Cooper]

Great image, the plane of focus is just about perfect, the BG is awesome and the diagional comp is great.

About the only thing I would change if this was my image, would be to tone down the stick a little so it doesnt stand out so much, would take seconds in PS and really help balance the tones in the image.

Robert

Thanks Robert - yes agree about the stick. It was even brighter but I don't think my PS technique achieved the desired result.
I selected the stick with the lasso tool and tried to darken in Levels. This looked a bit artificial so ended up using Shadow/Highlight tool. This toned down the brightness but not enough. Any suggestions appreciated!!

[Mike Moats]

Hey John, wel done on the details and excellent BG. Only nit would be the stick came out a tad brite.

[David Steele]

John, I wouldn't overcomplicate the PS work. What I've done here is select the stick and used brightness/contrast to reduce both the brightness and the contrast. I've also cropped the image, mainly to reduce the impact of the stick.

[Gus Cobos]

WOW, very powerfull image John,
Like it...:D Love the action and composition...:cool: