==Challenge== spider web

[Ojster]

Hi there,

I sat in my car in the morning and looked through the glass and saw a perfect situoation to take a photo of a spider web. I was in the way to work, but I just had to jump back into the house and bring out my F505V. It's hard to take a photo of this cuz it is so thin. I didn't have a right background, but here is what I got:





I would sure like to see your best shot of the spider web. And any suggestion how to take it so it would look great. I guess background is very important. I am going to try and take another try with a flash later today.

Best regards,
Peter--
http://www.ojster.com
Vision is the art of seeing the invisible.

 

[hugh]

Ojster,

I just happen to have a couple.

1. From a nature trail outing.



2. In the back yard.



Regards.

hs

 

[Ojster]

Ojster,

I just happen to have a couple.

Your first one is great! I like the colors and spider in the middle is clearly visible.

Regards,
Peter

 

[Jan C]

Great web pictures, Ojster.
A few of mine:







Jan

 

[Rob Patterson]

I never really thought about photographing a spider web for maximum detail. Seems to be the goal your after.
The background looks fine here and doesn't interfer at all.

Try modifying the quality of light. The direction the light is coming from in regards to the angle your photographing can do wonders.

I've taken an empty window spray bottle and filled it with water and sprayed spider webs. If you don't overdue this process and the light is right the web'll look like jewelry.

If you wish to get closer, try a jewelers loupe hand held in front of the lens. Doing this takes some practice. Even then, it's a lot of trial and error to achieve perfect focus.
Here's one of my dramatic light spider shots. It also includes a spider!

 

[Alan Ball]

http://community.webshots.com/photo/15634682/15634915JTqWhKaXaZ

This doesn't qualify as a web, but the other shots in the album do. And they come complete with spiders.

Album:
http://community.webshots.com/album/15634682QmfdSTRCUv

Hi there,

I sat in my car in the morning and looked through the glass and saw
a perfect situoation to take a photo of a spider web. I was in the
way to work, but I just had to jump back into the house and bring
out my F505V. It's hard to take a photo of this cuz it is so thin.
I didn't have a right background, but here is what I got:





I would sure like to see your best shot of the spider web. And any
suggestion how to take it so it would look great. I guess
background is very important. I am going to try and take another
try with a flash later today.

Best regards,
Peter
--

http://www.ojster.com
Vision is the art of seeing the invisible.

 

[Gary W.]

Gary wrote:
Rob awesome pict....no webs around me this time of the year
have to wait until the Fall...pouts.....great inspiration photo!

I never really thought about photographing a spider web for maximum
detail. Seems to be the goal your after.
The background looks fine here and doesn't interfer at all.
Try modifying the quality of light. The direction the light is
coming from in regards to the angle your photographing can do
wonders.
I've taken an empty window spray bottle and filled it with water
and sprayed spider webs. If you don't overdue this process and the
light is right the web'll look like jewelry.
If you wish to get closer, try a jewelers loupe hand held in front
of the lens. Doing this takes some practice. Even then, it's a lot
of trial and error to achieve perfect focus.
Here's one of my dramatic light spider shots. It also includes a
spider!

 

[Ojster]

WOW! The light is awesome. How did you get such light rays? Did you use any filters? I just love the color of those rays.

Regards,
Peter

I never really thought about photographing a spider web for maximum
detail. Seems to be the goal your after.
The background looks fine here and doesn't interfer at all.
Try modifying the quality of light. The direction the light is
coming from in regards to the angle your photographing can do
wonders.
I've taken an empty window spray bottle and filled it with water
and sprayed spider webs. If you don't overdue this process and the
light is right the web'll look like jewelry.
If you wish to get closer, try a jewelers loupe hand held in front
of the lens. Doing this takes some practice. Even then, it's a lot
of trial and error to achieve perfect focus.
Here's one of my dramatic light spider shots. It also includes a
spider!

 

[Gary W.]

Gary wrote:
Here is my offering......taken through a window....web on window
screen in a rain storm

Regards,
Peter

I never really thought about photographing a spider web for maximum
detail. Seems to be the goal your after.
The background looks fine here and doesn't interfer at all.
Try modifying the quality of light. The direction the light is
coming from in regards to the angle your photographing can do
wonders.
I've taken an empty window spray bottle and filled it with water
and sprayed spider webs. If you don't overdue this process and the
light is right the web'll look like jewelry.
If you wish to get closer, try a jewelers loupe hand held in front
of the lens. Doing this takes some practice. Even then, it's a lot
of trial and error to achieve perfect focus.
Here's one of my dramatic light spider shots. It also includes a
spider!

 

[Charles Chien]

Nice catch, Ojster!

I just went out this evening for this one:



And, this one that I captured the other day:



However, the second one is kind of sad, and not that much of the web. And, somehow, sometimes photos in my geocities.com site do not always show up. If that is the case, and you are interesting in seeing, please let me know. Thanks

Enjoy,
Charles

 

[matt]

Heres my contribution, it was taken earlyin the morning on a clamatis plant.



You can see more of my pics at http/ www.msdesigns.co.uk

 

[angela37564]

Found this one on the door of the kids playhouse. My daughter was so excited to find it because she knew I had been looking for one to try to capture on my new digital camera. Had lots of cottonwood fuzzies on it, camera focused more on the spider.

I just went out this evening for this one:

And, this one that I captured the other day:

However, the second one is kind of sad, and not that much of the
web. And, somehow, sometimes photos in my geocities.com site do not
always show up. If that is the case, and you are interesting in
seeing, please let me know. Thanks

Enjoy,
Charles

 

[hugh]

Rob,

Very good job.

Thanks.

hs

 

[Ojster]

Hi there,

This is the kind of photo I'd like to make. and the one with those rays a few posts back. I am sure going to keep my eyes open to find it

Regards,
Peter

Heres my contribution, it was taken earlyin the morning on a
clamatis

 

[Janusz20944]

Sorry, no spider.
Apologies for the size but that's what I had.
Janusz

 

[Rob Patterson]

WOW! The light is awesome. How did you get such light rays? Did you
use any filters? I just love the color of those rays.

Almost sunset with the only light being directed throw a narrow walkway onto the area where web was. No filters.

A lot of people complain about lens flare. Myself included. However, at times flare produces some rather pleasing effects. The diffracted rays have a name. Can't recall that name at present. One of several dozen shots. This sort of shot requires burning a lot of digital film and then examing the thumbnails for a "user".

 

[pheanix]

This was taken at the National Aquarium. It's dark, but the flash would have reflected off the glass cage.

Hi there,

I sat in my car in the morning and looked through the glass and saw
a perfect situoation to take a photo of a spider web. I was in the
way to work, but I just had to jump back into the house and bring
out my F505V. It's hard to take a photo of this cuz it is so thin.
I didn't have a right background, but here is what I got:

I would sure like to see your best shot of the spider web. And any
suggestion how to take it so it would look great. I guess
background is very important. I am going to try and take another
try with a flash later today.

Best regards,
Peter
--

http://www.ojster.com
Vision is the art of seeing the invisible.

 

[Alan Ball]

It is just as well you didn't use flash, even if you didn't have to worry about reflections. The deep shadows in this picture's background allow the web strands to show up. If you had used flash, it would have filled these shadows and rendered the web all but invisible.

This was taken at the National Aquarium. It's dark, but the flash
would have reflected off the glass cage.

 

[Dan Clark]

Peter,

One trick I use is to spray the web with a VERY fine water mister. Standard water bottle sprayers sometimes spray drops that are too big. Find a plant mister or other type of sprayer that sprays very fine.

Good luck and regards,

Dan.

Hi there,

I sat in my car in the morning and looked through the glass and saw
a perfect situoation to take a photo of a spider web. I was in the
way to work, but I just had to jump back into the house and bring
out my F505V. It's hard to take a photo of this cuz it is so thin.
I didn't have a right background, but here is what I got:





I would sure like to see your best shot of the spider web. And any
suggestion how to take it so it would look great. I guess
background is very important. I am going to try and take another
try with a flash later today.

Best regards,
Peter
--

http://www.ojster.com
Vision is the art of seeing the invisible.

 

[jnat #41654]

All this talk of webs got me to dig back into my pre-digital days. Photo from 1998 or 99. Not my best shot (honest!) but it is of a spider and web. I liked the symmetry of the background.

I would sure like to see your best shot of the spider web. And any
suggestion how to take it so it would look great. I guess
background is very important. I am going to try and take another
try with a flash later today.

Best regards,
Peter
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