Plastic Spider ..... sorta

SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
edited March 7, 2008 in Holy Macro
Hi there folks,

Finally got a day off today, besides doing household chores,
I found a little spider outside.

This little guy was on a dead weed, along with the remains of an Aphid.
The background on this shot just wasn't right,
so I hit it with a plastic wrap filter and here is the result.
Gives it an embossed kind of look.

It's different if nothing else :rofl enjoy .... Skippy :D

Hand held shot, Canon MPE-65 + Ext.Flash almost 3x's life.

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  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2008
    Cool shot Skippy! clap.gif Is that his own shed skin out of focus to the right of the aphid?
    Mike Helbig

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2008
    Giphsub wrote:
    Cool shot Skippy! clap.gif Is that his own shed skin out of focus to the right of the aphid?

    Hi there Mike, I don't know what that skin or body was,
    there was a heck of a lot of debris on the weed,
    lots of stray webbing on it too.

    On a closer look it is probably another Aphid shell, with webbing and those little knobby bits off the plant stuck to it.

    Thanks for looking thumb.gif ... Skippy :D
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2008
    Nice one skippy - not sure about the plastic wrap but then I didn't see the original :).
    I often use faded edge detect or neon edge or whatever it's called when I'm not happy with a shot just to see what it does to it.
    Brian V.
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  • KevinKevin Registered Users Posts: 236 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2008
    I quite enjoy the effect you got there skippy.
    very imaginative indeed
    Kevin.
    the Photo Muse: http://the-photo-muse.blogspot.com
  • WilliamClark77WilliamClark77 Registered Users Posts: 164 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2008
    Neat shot! Sometimes I can't really see exactly what I'm shooting until I get the pics on the computer. Could you tell what the spider was eating with your eyes?
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  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2008
    WilliamClark77 wrote:
    Neat shot! Sometimes I can't really see exactly what I'm shooting until I get the pics on the computer. Could you tell what the spider was eating with your eyes?

    Excellent Skip you certainly haven't lost your touch. That is a wonderful clear shot and I am sure we can expect a lot more interesting shots in the very near future.
    I wish I had a few of those wee critters to practice on rather than screws and daffodils.
    Cheers
    Bob
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2008
    Thanks folks, I had a look at the weed, the spider isn't there anymore,
    but the two things in the shot with the spider are Aphid shells the second one looks like a spider body but it isn't its just part of the plant and webbing entangled across that Shell.

    Thanks for looking thumb.gif .... Skippy :D
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    Skippy (Australia) - Moderator of "HOLY MACRO" and "OTHER COOL SHOTS"

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