This is a spectacular spider, regardless of species! Good eye(s) contact, the semi transparent, fifties polka dot color scheme, great fun.
From a personal standpoint, I might try to tone down the red just a bit, as it is such a bold color it pulls our eye, and also consider lowering the luminosity of the OOF bud in front, and perhaps increasing the luminosity of the spider itself. I did a version like that, and it was an interesting variant.
I hope to see more of this fun fellow!
Cheers
Randy
Last edited by Randy Stout; 09-15-2015 at 04:54 PM.
A beautiful spider nicely captured, great colors throughout. I think Randy's critique has some interesting suggestions which might be worth a try, but I like this a lot as it is.
Beautiful colors and patterns on this spider and excellent sharpness within your DOF! I might suggest cropping most of the open space on the left side of the frame as an alternate comp. Very nicely done!
You have an attractive well exposed and constructed image, the eyes are sharp. It is inevitable with a spider of these dimensions that there will be out of focus areas. Personally I find the out of focus areas and the bright red ares distracting and yet I find the red stripes in the legs attracting.
I am not too sure if the spider might be illustrated more favourably by stepping back a little in order to get more of the legs in focus. This I suspect may be easier said than done, I think you have a tricky subject there.