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Published: 2012-10-20 13:36:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 481; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 23
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A spider stared at me, so I added some film grain.Related content
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You lookin' at me? 
Nice shot, good macro other-worldliness
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Actually no, it's with a Canon 50mm f1.8 lens. I had to crop it quite a lot to reach this result. You can check out the meta data.
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O.k Wow that is amazing must have been a good camera if you could crop that much.
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Naw, it's only a Canon 600D. I love it, but it's only slightly better than entry level. The good thing is that it has an 18 mega pixel sensor, so I had a lot to crop from. If you like I can upload the original tomorrow to show you the actual difference.
I really appreciate your opinion
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This is the original photo with no editing applied to it at all (notice that it's vertical - the spider was standing on the back of my couch!) -
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This one is the second version, after fixing up the colors a bit and doing some sharpening sharpening, before cropping and applying the black & white effect -
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Wow thx for posting this just for me!!! I'm just a student so I love seing things before their finished so I get a sense of how to make thing look the way they do. Thx again!!!
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Normally I'm terrified of spiders, but this one looks so sad. It made me aww.. Great picture!
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That's okay...I wasn't planning on sleeping tonight anyways
xD
No, but really, great picture!
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From the thumbnail, I felt that the subject was a spider, and the moment the page opened to view this piece full sized, I knew I was right. But I literally had goosebumps running down my legs for about 5 minutes from the gimlet stare he was giving you. I don't think he was too happy about you 'invading' his space and taking his picture without his permission.
While spiders don't hold a big fascination for me, especially after having lived with some rather big nasty looking ones in my old house (or as my old roommate and best friend/sister called them - Monster Spiders) despite trying hard to get rid of them, this particular piece I would have to say does look amazing. I just can't really look at it for long, so I'm typing this with the picture scrolled up on my screen so I don't see it and shudder from that gaze.
THOSE EYES!! Those spider eyes are what are giving me the chills just thinking about them as I write this. I can't think of any way to make this a better shot. It's absolutely amazing!
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Thank you so much for your critique 
I was standing slightly less than a foot away from the spider, and it didn't seem to notice me. I only noticed the stare once I scaled the image on my computer. Needless to say that I was satisfied with the result.
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At least it was a little spider. The ones I had were huge and I couldn't stand them, but I was better about dealing with them than my roommate - she would seriously scream the moment she saw a spider.
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