Blood on her lips...

Paul Iddon

Well, not really...

I don't know why the mouth parts are glowing as red as they are - no post production has been done to this - it's straight from the RAW file with slight adjustments with curves and exposure only, and a touch of sharpening. But if you look you can clearly see a red tinge to the mandible area - but I'm sure it's a by-product of how the ringflash was hitting the subject, though I have never seen it do this before. Red eye yes, red lips... no!

A cross spider female on the bird table tonight.

Exif:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: 105mm
Image Date: 2011-11-27 23:54:46 +0000
Focal Length: 105mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.017 s (1/60)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: A View of the UK - Paul Iddon Photography
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows




Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely capture Paul - a very dark coloured garden cross spider !
Brian v.

Paul Iddon

Thanks Brian.

Yes - she was very dark - without the flash the body looked a very uniform deep dark brown...


Paul.

GOLDENORFE

like the low shooting angle Paul, dont think i have seen such a dark one!

Paul Iddon

Cheers Phil. The bird table roof was were this was taken, late at night - which meant it was simple to get this angle.

Paul.

anthonydavis4188

You captured a great shot! Every bit is so clear and for the red lips I would say, she might have taken her meal before the shot, lolz!

Paul Iddon

Thanks for looking in and commenting Anthony.

Paul.