Friend or Foe
by jab119

Comment by jmsetzler:
though shot to execute here... idea: i would have held up a piece of colored or dark paper behind this in order to create some extra contrast between the subject and the surroundings... The focus is a bit too soft here also... - setzler

Friend or Foe
by jab119

Comment by emorgan49:
got it today...but what the heck is it?

Friend or Foe
by jab119

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Cute, but what is it? What is the illusion? Help! 6 Swash
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Friend or Foe
by jab119

Comment by Paige:
creepy looking bug, wish it were more in focus.

Friend or Foe
by jab119

Comment by Brenna Kimi:
mmmm spiders!

Friend or Foe
by jab119

Comment by UberFish:
I had a look at doing camoflage and deception in spiders this week, but a frost has sent all the wolf spiders to bed for the year.

When photographing things like this you need: A tripod, a bright windless day, reflectors and a shade. Set up the tripod,camera in macro mode a few centimeters from the subject. Set up as small an aperture as possible (I go down to about 1/8 sec if I can get away with it, 1/60 sec if theres a breeze). Shade the spider, as they are very hairy and direct light causes the hairs to show up as bright white. Use the reflectors to get a bit of light onto it. Try not to disturb it, as it'll run away into a corner and take a while to come out again.

Gift
by jab119

Comment by joanns:
Excellent use of color and light.

Gift
by jab119

Comment by lolly_gagger:
too cluttered but nice light source

Gift
by jab119

Comment by Sonifo:
I would have like it better if you cropped out all the dark shadowing.
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Sonifo

Gift
by jab119

Comment by emorgan49:
Any way to get rid of that shadow on the left? it carries too much weight. 9