oversight
by skewsme

Comment by spiritualspatula:
Growing up, I always remember seeing these guys in my various field guides and being frustrated that they did not range into my area.
Photographically, this is one of the most effective and cool uses of shallow DoF I've seen. The way the web almost completely vanishes, leaving the spider hovering, is quite the visual effect.

Message edited by author 2011-05-08 06:45:13.

back door
by skewsme

Comment by spiritualspatula:
The web actually looks remarkably like a deep space picture of the cosmos. Planets, galaxies and nebulae taking the place of dirt, leaves, and bits of the preyed upon. Or maybe there's no difference.

constellations
by skewsme

Comment by spiritualspatula:
The lighting on this is awesome. Radiating web and harsh outlines on the legs and abdomen, great stuff.

Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
by skewsme

Comment by tnun:
I had no idea this was yours. sort of an abstract Dali bible story. go to the head of the line.

Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
by skewsme

Comment by bvy:
Reduced to charcoal lines and shapes, with a hovering abstract element, this composition is very imaginitive and quite unique.

Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
by skewsme

Comment by KristinaG:
This is a really awesome picture. Good eye. I would love to see a comparison between this picture, and one where the wires above are edited out. They do not bother me here, but I am curious whether the removal would make the picture stronger or weaker. Obviously not legal in the editing for this challenge though.
Anyways, awesome work. I do hope this gets its just admiration from the masses. 8

Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
by skewsme

Comment by JuliBoc:
I would like this better if the horizon was straight.

IMG_9748_1-copy
by skewsme

Comment by bspurgeon:
I agree with Dan. Sharp, normal, floras can be rather dull. The faded colors, and low contrast add to the delicate nature of the flowers. However, the presentation of the branches makes the composition; it's subtleties like this that make an image unique and interesting.

IMG_9748_1-copy
by skewsme

Comment by wheeledd:
Lovely. I get lots of very positive feelings from this image.

The Lensbaby effect does wonders for floral images. We've seen several in this thread that have much more emotional impact than they would as sharp "normal" images.

~~DanW

IMG_9748_1-copy
by skewsme

Comment by Melethia:
Marvelous softness!