Come Into My Parlourby
TooCoolComment by dwterry: The images that always suffer from a lack of comments are the ones that are right in the middle ground. Everyone comments on the awesome shots. Some comment on the bad shots. But the middle ones, very few people say anything. So here I am to explain why I voted a 5:
For me, what sets apart a macro shot from others is the sharpness in its detail. I like that you go really close in to the spider. This is a much better shot than a lot of images in this challenge which barely qualify as close-ups. The tricky part in such a closeup is that your depth-of-field gets reduced drastically. You may end up with only a millimeter's worth of focus and that focus needs to be spent wisely.
In this image, you can see that the top of the spider (its abdomen) is clearly in focus. Parts of the legs are in and out of focus. (that's okay, you expect this in a macro, it adds depth to the image)
But what's missing for me is that the subject (what is being eaten) appears not to be in focus, making it heard for me to know what to look at. In other words, I keep finding myself looking at the spiders butt... :-)
Perhaps a suggestion for the future, get in front of the spider. If he was really hanging down as this image suggests, then get below and shot up. Keep the spider's head in focus and, in this case, get more of his "subject matter" (the prey) into focus. Feel free to gross us out. We want to see the details!
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