Spider WEB

[shahryar]

Pl. Suggest on how to get spider web better. How can I improve such images?

EXIF
canon 1000d
f/10
shutter 1/80
manual mode

[windrider86]

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[shahryar]

Originally Posted by windrider86

I'm inviting you to take a peek at the critique sections rules/guidelines so you can see what information needs to be included in your posts. Please do that, return, and edit your post with the info you need.

I hope to have provided enough info and a specific question.

[imaginationvault]

I am no expert, but I had a similar subject, what I did was change the angle of view, if you had moved to one side, and then shot the web on the angle, so the web is on 45 degrees moving away from you and into the frame, this would give the image more prospective and a less flat feel, then you could of course open up the aperture gaining a smaller DOF, maybe with the spider in focus and the web either side fading out.

Not sure if you can understand what I am trying to suggest here, not sure if I have been very clear.

[shahryar]

Originally Posted by imaginationvault

I am no expert, but I had a similar subject, what I did was change the angle of view, if you had moved to one side, and then shot the web on the angle, so the web is on 45 degrees moving away from you and into the frame, this would give the image more prospective and a less flat feel, then you could of course open up the aperture gaining a smaller DOF, maybe with the spider in focus and the web either side fading out.

Not sure if you can understand what I am trying to suggest here, not sure if I have been very clear.

Appreciate your feedback. while changing angles was difficult in this situation. Opening up the aperture made the web disappear. The background light was too strong to widen the aperture.

[winegeek]

I too am no expert, so please take my thoughts/suggestions with a grain of salt. You are correct that the back-light is making your shot more challenging to take. I have a few thoughts.

1. Would it have been possible to move around to the other side of the web? This would potentially eliminate the back-lighting issue.

2. Use a flash or inexpensive LED ring on the end of your lens to help illuminate your subject a bit more. This might help to counter the back-lighting.

3. Carry a small mister/spray bottle with you/in your pack. Hopefully, spraying a gentile mist on the web around the spider wouldn't disturb the spider and would highlight the fine threads of the web.

Again, I'm a total amateur, and I hope that you can get some more advice from some of the pros on here. My suggestions came from gut reaction. I hope that you find something useful in my thoughts.

Cheers,

Matt