Balan, the way you managed the lighting helps make him show up nicely in what I am guessing would be a pretty dark area. It also helps him show up nicely. You might could dim the lighting behind him a little maybe. Great find and capture.
Very cool lighting you used on this, Balan. Do you have a really small light source to get under the funnel. All the ones I see are right in the low grass and getting underneath would be difficult with most sources.
This is a really good image Balan. The lighting makes it look like the spider is coming to get whoever disturbed it’s peace and tranquility. I know these have some pretty scary venom and this really looks serious. The light really helps with the details. Nice work.
Very evocative, Balan. I guess this tunnel-web spider is quite a bit up from the ground, making it very suitable for the lighting. I hope to try this torch method one day! Ideally I’d like to see a bit more detail/color in the spider’s body, but that might lessen the cinematic effect. You really get the impression you’re “in there” with the spider, which is great.
Very, very cool image - the light around the spider really makes it pop, and the web, ground, stuff in the web all come together to make a quite unusual and striking image.
Very well-done!
