"Scream"
by mbardeen

Comment by DennisF:
A tighter shot of the screamers would have been more powerful.

House Invader
by mbardeen

Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*
Let me know where this is, so I never move there. I don't mind spiders, but the ones here are all fuzzy. Cuddly looking. This guy looks harmful.
As to if it meets the challenge, "to each their own". Everyone takes things differently, and if you think of spiders when you think of home, then it fits the challenge. Who am I to say otherwise.
As for the shot itself. Really neat. Nice focus on the front legs. I think that the front 'feet' are nice and crisp and really sharp looking both sharp focus and sharp meaning pointy. It's a good combo. I dislike seeing pointy things with sharp focus. Doesn't usually work.
The lighting looks ok. Even puts a bit of shine on the web.
I wonder though if it would have been possible to get any detail out of the body. We can see he's got a body and legs, but that's all he is. Can't really see a head, or any detail OF the head or body. I think the black kind of makes it all blend in together. Might not even be possible to GET any detail, but would definately be interesting.
I like the angle and framing/cropping. Nice and close, but not crowded. You COULD have cropped a bit off the bottom and still had a good crop, but as it, I don't think it's harmful at all to the photo.
You did a nice job of blurring the background, and I find nothing distracting in the background. The lighter area at the bottom actually gives it enough variation as to not be boring in my opinion.
Nice find!
~Heather~

Just Beyond
by mbardeen

Comment by cpanaioti:
*Critique Club*

General: Overall I like the choice of subject, clouds. They have a lot of texture.

Composition: This image seems very flat. Unfortunately, due to the tight crop one gets the feeling that the clouds are billowing out of the bridge. More space is required on the bottom and to the right to balance the image.

Exposure: The clouds could possibly be exposed a touch more to provide more detail. The bridge being under exposed, lacks detail. By using a graduated filter you could have exposed the bridge more without blowing out the clouds. This would reduce the flatness of the image. Using a graduated red filter would both help with exposure as well as with contrast.

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Flaming Liquid Metal
by mbardeen

Comment by jen1979:
I like that, I was hoping I'd see some liquid metal:)

Flaming Liquid Metal
by mbardeen

Comment by pncowley:
Beautiful shot here-- nice, rich colors! I especially like the metal spatter on the surface below the molten metal; it adds a nice touch. Not much I can suggest here for improvement. --10

House Invader
by mbardeen

Comment by mbardeen:
THanks for the comments.

It's not a Black Widow, just turned black with levels and desaturation. The photo was majorly cropped and fliped - it was actually hanging upside down. The uncropped photo gave more of a feel for the home, but well, wasn't inspring at all.

House Invader
by mbardeen

Comment by sher:
um....EEEEEEEEK!!! if you only knew how phobic i am of these things!!! nice capture, though...very creepy-crawly. good work!

House Invader
by mbardeen

Comment by redhed:
cool!

"Scream"
by mbardeen

Comment by tfarrell23:
One of My favorite things to do....

House Invader
by mbardeen

Comment by skief:
Not enough visual clues to show it going into the house