On 10/11/2011 10:19 AM, frank theriault wrote:
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 1:22 AM, Walt Gilbert<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
Here's a spider shot I took today using Larry's K100Ds with my M 50/2
attached. It was under pretty deplorable photography conditions, but it was
the only time I've had a chance to get a shot of this particular spider --
one of three within a few yards of each other with webs built between the
roof line and the windowsill on the front of the house. Normally, as soon
as I get anywhere near them, they scramble up into the rain gutters. But,
this time, this particular spider didn't take off and I managed to get an
angle shooting upward between the wall of the house and the sky.
Unfortunately, I had to shoot straight into the sun, and I just wasn't able
to use the flash well enough to compensate for the backlit conditions. But,
when I got to looking at the image on the ol' computer, I liked the outline
too much to relegate to the crap archive.
So, I cropped the hell out of it, sharpened the hell out of it, added some
"film grain" to it, converted it to monochrome and made it into a
silhouette.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6233509410/
K100Ds, M 50/2, ISO 200, f/16, 1/500
I've toyed with tinting the background with somewhat interesting results,
but to my eye, they detract from what I've done already. So, I figured I'd
ask if anyone had any suggestions as to how I might improve it as an image.
It's obviously not a showcase shot for a portfolio. It just struck me as a
cool silhouette given the upcoming Halloween season. Plus, I've wanted a
shot of that spider for a while, and I've never gotten a good shot of one in
motion like that.
Thanks!
Cool. The grain works well here.
cheers,
frank
Thanks, Frank.
It was a pretty bland-looking silhouette without it, I thought. And all
the sharpening I did seemed more distracting against a background
without any kind of texture.
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