Garden spiders

[lesno1]

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[JBW]

direct sunlight can be a problem.

[Rainforest]

Creepy fellow - glad he is outside! The first one is the better of the two IMO. I think some PP of highlights and shadows, minor exposure adjustments and sharpening would get you a nice shot. The direct sun is hard as Brian said.

[Geoff F]

One of the Pardosa spiders which are virtually impossible to fully identify without microscopic examination.

These high contrast scenes are very difficult to shoot with just one exposure. If you expose for the brightest spot the shadows get too dark and lose detail. So I agree about doing a little bit of selective toning down oh the bright highlight areas.

[Shadowman]

Nice specimen, I recently viewed a youtube video where humorous, funny spider cartoons are banned in certain areas; they didn't want kids to believe spiders were their friend.

[Wavelength]

Good ones; i like the first one more

[IzzieK]

The first one looks like it has a funny expression on its face, very normal looking but with nice shadows...in the second one, the eyes' highlights has a curious look that says "Uh...Oh...I got caught!" I like both of them for different reasons.