Dead Legs
by hsteg

Comment by DrAchoo:
Great colorful spider. The OOF leg in front of the body is distracting. If possible, I would have had the OOF leg be the one away from the body. Could a different composition have achieved that? I'm guessing you focused on the eyes and had the camera at the absolute minimum focal distance. That will naturally blur the foreground images and sometimes shortens the DOF. A small pullback from the minimum distance will give you a little extra DOF because you then get some foreground in focus rather than having it cut off immediately by the limitations of the lens. (Does that make sense at all? Am I just squawking?) Anyway, 7.

Dead Legs
by hsteg

Comment by Cutter:
ughh. and confusing to take in. but enlightening in an upfront kind of way.

Dead Legs
by hsteg

Comment by Tammer:
Good D&L entry...but I really dislike spiders (although I'm not counting that against you - just gives me the willies). 8

Dead Legs
by hsteg

Comment by fstopopen:
okay, that thing is scary. interesting subject. did you put the water on it? pretty good shot

Dead Legs
by hsteg

Comment by Nald:
Really like this shot, only thing hurting it (IMHO) is the lack of focus on the legs to the left and the joint on the right. Overall wonderful photo.

Dead Legs
by hsteg

Comment by Canadian_eh:
poor spider... lol, i like your set up... spider on white... i like it!

Dead Legs
by hsteg

Comment by madcrabber:
Would be great shot if legs on left were in focus also

Dead Legs
by hsteg

Comment by terje:
Macro shot, great creature! haven't seen one of this before, what is it?

Dead Legs
by hsteg

Comment by whiteroom:
lol sorry i shouldnt laugh. good photo 7

Dead Legs
by hsteg

Comment by Jutilda:
Great macro. The detail is outstanding. Super title too - unexpected.