tiny translucent spider

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I don't know what kind of spider this is but I liked it. Tiny translucent spider. Unfortunately I didn't have my macro lens with me and shot this with the Nikon 200-500 lens on a D500.
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Dear Jeff,
Without a macro, it is not easy to do this type of shot.
Technically the lights on the spyder are perfect, but I'm not very convinced about the composition.
The green leaf distracts me a little because it is very bright, but I understand that without the right lens it is very difficult to do better.
 
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jeffnles1 said:
I don't know what kind of spider this is but I liked it. Tiny translucent spider. Unfortunately I didn't have my macro lens with me and shot this with the Nikon 200-500 lens on a D500.
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Yes I agree. I was shooting a pileated woodpecker with the 200-500 when I looked down and saw this little spider. I stepped back a few feet so that I could grab focus, shot this one shot and it ran under the leaf. Purely a shot of opportunity. I could desaturate greens so the leaf looked more gray if the shot was more of a keeper. I don’t particularly enjoy post processing and don’t do a lot of it unless I really want to print or sell the photo.
Thanks for the feedback and I agree 100%
 
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Dear Jeff,
Sorry for my late answer, these days I'm working too much.
I agree with you; I wouldn't say I like to spend time with post-processing. I'm not a fan of heavy modification, but I also need to improve on that side.
In my short free time, I'm looking at some video of very famous wildlife photographers. They work quite a lot around their photos.
They don't add or remove a critical point but increase the contrast selectively on the image, increase or decrease luminosity or saturation of some area and other similar modification. The result is amazing but is different from the original shot.
I am more and more convinced that to play in the same league, we must learn to play the same way with the same rules.

Have a nice Easter, Jeff.
 
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Marco74 said:
Dear Jeff,
Sorry for my late answer, these days I'm working too much.
I agree with you; I wouldn't say I like to spend time with post-processing. I'm not a fan of heavy modification, but I also need to improve on that side.
In my short free time, I'm looking at some video of very famous wildlife photographers. They work quite a lot around their photos.
They don't add or remove a critical point but increase the contrast selectively on the image, increase or decrease luminosity or saturation of some area and other similar modification. The result is amazing but is different from the original shot.
I am more and more convinced that to play in the same league, we must learn to play the same way with the same rules.

Have a nice Easter, Jeff.
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Marco, my friend, I hope you do get some time to get out and photograph the beautiful nature in your area soon. These days, it is good to have a job but too much work is not healthy for you. After a 36 year career of a very high stress job in a big corporation, I retired because the pressure was starting to impact my health. I've been retired now for 4 years and am a totally different person. I'm "only" 60 years old and hopefully have many years of nature photography ahead of me.

I did some more work on that photo. I do wish I would have had my macro lens with me but given it was a chance encounter with the spider I doubt I could have done anything better with the macro other than maybe the image would have been a little sharper.

Let me know what you think about the new crop and the image now.

Hope you have a very good week and Happy Easter to you too.
Jeff
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Dear Jeff,
I’m 46 years old, my son only 14th so, I need to work as a minimum for 10 or more years to support him until he starts to live with his force.

The new composition is less distracting. Now the spider looks also brighter, I don't know if depends by the new dimension or you had increase in the luminosity. I’m looking your photos on an Ipad and not with a calibrated monitor but in my personal opinion, now the spyder is too brighter.
In any case the crop makes your photo more pleasant and less banal. well done.

Good evening or morning I don't know. :) Here are 45 minutes past midnigh.
Ciao
 
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