Garden Spider with a meal

Image Critiques Macro/Close-up Critiques
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Garden Spider with a meal
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Seen Friday at the local botanic gardens.

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Is this a composite: No
Canon 7D2, Sigma 150mm f2.8 macro, 1.4x TC, 430 EX II Speedlite
ISO 400, f16, 1/320s, hand held

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Here is another view of a different spider taken at the gardens with a slightly different angle.

Writing Spider
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What pretty girls! Nice job with the focus and the flash. See what I mean about the patterns breaking up the spider’s silhouette? Classic orb weaver. I haven’t seen one of these in ages. The first looks a smidge dark to me, but is so interesting that she is posed in her classic way and with lunch. The second angle isn’t seen so much and is also pleasing.

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Great finds, Allen. So glad you have been able to visit the botanical gardens. Both are very nice shots. I think it is always a plus (not for the prey), to capture an image with it’s meal.

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Wonderful captures – for you both! The first is classic and I love both, but I think I prefer the second for being more unusual. I like that both ends of the zigzag support are sharp. A little cleanup on the two left corners could make this a prize!