Ok, so if spiders aren’t your thing, click away and come back to visit another time.
I had been working this week with sepia tones and I thought that might work well with this week’s theme of creepy. The images I had been working on earlier in the week were mostly landscapes; images which could be but are not necessarily creepy.
A spider though? that’s creepy:
This is a female Zebra Tarantula, common in Costa Rica. Actually, this is mostly just a leg shot. I was using my 50mm lens with a close up lens that actually looks more like a filter and screws onto my 50mm lens. I thought that would be a nice way to focus on the leg striping and hair.
In Photoshop to create this sepia effect, I made a black and white layer but I also created a hue and saturation layer. On the hue and saturation layer I clicked colorize and then moved the slider to the tone I wanted. I then duplicated that layer and made the tone on that layer a bit different. I put a mask on that layer and then masked some of the lower layer in. Combining the two layers like that was a technique that I had never tried before. I liked the outcome. In this case, I saved my cropping for last. I wasn’t really sure when I started how the sepia tone might affect my choice of what to crop. Here is the original image:
So, what do you think? Do you prefer one image over the other? I like the edit, but I do like my nature shots to look natural, so I like the original color image as well. If I was to edit the original again and keep the color, I think I would pick a similar crop because I think the crop makes the image a lot stronger. Feel free to comment below.
Cheers!
I like this very much. I really like the top image. Hey–I’ve never heard of a close-up filter/lens. I’m gonna look into it. Thanks!
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Yes, they are a bit of a way to cheat and not get an actual macro lens. It’s not exactly the same, but still interesting to mess around with.
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Really creepy:) I liked the first photo better.
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Thanks!
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EEEEkkkk … frightening but perfect for the challenge. Well done … !!!! 😎
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Yeah, wouldn’t want to run into her in a dark alley 🙂
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😳
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I know, watch your step right?
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Wow…….this very creepy, the first shot especially. 😕
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Thanks!
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That’s really frightening! I like both images but if I had to choose the one that gives me more emotions I’d choose the second one 😉
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Yes, that second one is what you would see in real life.
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Creepy indeed…
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🙂
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Good grief that is very effective. I am creeped out!
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I think the hair detail really helps with the creepy factor.
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I like the second better. More contrast, I suppose. More detailed. Still, either are pretty extraordinary. Nice job.
Here’s my Creepy:
https://fstopfantasy.wordpress.com/2015/08/15/weekly-photo-challenge-creepy-ghosts-of-children/
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Thanks, your photo is pretty creepy too.
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Funny, the second looks more realistic to me thank the U edited version! In both cases tho, DEFINITELY creepy!
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Agreed!
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I’m finding it hard to choose between the two but perhaps the first wins out. Whichever one is chosen though I think the photography of the spider is superb capturing the markings and hairs on the legs.
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Thanks, I thought the close up lens really helped bring out those details.
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I am not a fan of spiders at all. One glance at your finished image, I had to look away. Yes, very, very creepy and I think more so than the original image, the latter which looks a bit dark and the darkness seems to hide the spider a bit 🙂
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It’s better if you don’t see it then? 🙂
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But I decided to see the spiders anyway… At least they didn’t jump out of the computer screen at me 😉
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OK, the day they start jumping out is the day I go offline 🙂
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I like them both but I think the first one is creepier. I’d rather not run into either of them. 🙂
janet
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I know, I’d rather not run into one either.
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I really like your editing. Wow – and … For sure, a very good choise!
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Thanks!
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Very interesting.
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Thank you
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Great editing. I like the sepia. Well done, Amy!
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Thanks Amy!
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It cannot get any creepier for me…I hate spiders…
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I’m fine with them, until they sneak up on me!
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Uh, my son had one jumping at him…I try not to show how I hate them, but unfortunately I think my son has got the same thing against them…
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I guess that is understandable 🙂
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I love it!
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Thanks!
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1st
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Thanks!
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I prefer the first image. I really don’t like spiders, but still I’m fascinated by them.
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I agree with you on this. They are interesting critters, from a distance…
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Oh these are sensational! Beautiful actually! Thank you.
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Thank you 🙂
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