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    Bright orange tiny spider

    Bright orange tiny spider

    Two mm wide means that this is a small spider. The hairs on it are minuscule. It is a fine test for the flash on the Sony Alpha a68.The flash was set to default and it worked reasonably well. I'll test the flash adjustments another day.

    I have also got to say that I have shot this species hundreds of times. At the start all I got was an orange blob. With the Sony Alpha a58 connected to the Tamron 90 it looked a lot better. The a68 plus Tamron 90mm takes the shot to a new level.

    ISO 100 ~ Shutter Speed 1/60s ~ F/16 ~ flah set to default

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    Re: Bright orange tiny spider

    The spider seems to reside in a blob state, nicely exposed to reveal the rich color.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowman View Post
    The spider seems to reside in a blob state, nicely exposed to reveal the rich color.
    The a68 seems to do very well in the deep dark colors. it has a JPEG filter named 'Deep' that might take it deeper and richer.

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    Re: Bright orange tiny spider

    Nicely done, Brian. The black BG was a perfect choice.

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    Re: Bright orange tiny spider

    With all the discussion we had regarding the use of "negative space" on this thread: Simplified bg, colors good, lighting still needs work

    You've nailed it in this image.

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    Brian,

    Very nice image. adding the light really helped.

    You might try something like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/LumiQuest-S...8AAOSwjyhaC1N9 .

    I am pretty certain that this diffuser could be fabricated using the plastic from a milk container, tracing paper or some other translucent diffusing material. Anyway, it might be worth playing with...

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    Re: Bright orange tiny spider

    Quote Originally Posted by Manfred M View Post
    With all the discussion we had regarding the use of "negative space" on this thread: Simplified bg, colors good, lighting still needs work

    You've nailed it in this image.
    I debate but I also pay attention

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    Re: Bright orange tiny spider

    Quote Originally Posted by NorthernFocus View Post
    Nicely done, Brian. The black BG was a perfect choice.
    Only a choice as in not changing it. With the flash this was simply the bg colour that was created from the greenery behind the spider.

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    Re: Bright orange tiny spider

    Quote Originally Posted by rpcrowe View Post
    Brian,

    Very nice image. adding the light really helped.

    You might try something like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/LumiQuest-S...8AAOSwjyhaC1N9 .

    I am pretty certain that this diffuser could be fabricated using the plastic from a milk container, tracing paper or some other translucent diffusing material. Anyway, it might be worth playing with...
    I have come up with a diffuser but I was curious how the in camera default setting would work.

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