A Beautiful Death Trap

zulu42 · Feb 17, 2020

I caught this spider web that somehow refracted the setting sun into rainbow colors.

Lest anyone think it's all photoshop and post, here's the shot with a looser crop and minimal editing. Which crop do you prefer?

C&C always valued and thanks for looking

tirediron · Feb 17, 2020

Very nice; love the prismatic effect!

Jeff G · Feb 17, 2020

Great catch! I like the crop.

Derrel · Feb 17, 2020

I have seen this prism effect before...I have no idea what causes it.

Jeff15 · Feb 17, 2020

Nice shots......

Derrel · Feb 17, 2020

I like the crop mire than th SOOC framing.

DarkShadow · Feb 17, 2020

This is Awesome, great shot.

SquarePeg · Feb 17, 2020

So cool! I wonder if the webbing is coated with something that makes it reflect?

primefactor123 · Feb 17, 2020

Luvvit!

Soocom1 · Feb 17, 2020

The threads are translucent and have the same effect any other prism would.
There are multiple papers on it.

Gods handywork IMO. Gorgeous work on the spider and photographer

K9Kirk · Feb 17, 2020

Real nice shot! The dark background is a plus.

zulu42 · Feb 18, 2020

tirediron said:
Very nice; love the prismatic effect!

Thank you tirediron

Jeff G said:
Great catch! I like the crop.

Thanks!

Jeff15 said:
Nice shots......

Derrel said:
I like the crop mire than th SOOC framing.

Thanks Derrel. To me its more impressive the tighter the crop, but I wondered if it needed the realism from the branches

DarkShadow said:
This is Awesome, great shot.

Thanks very much!

SquarePeg said:
So cool! I wonder if the webbing is coated with something that makes it reflect?

Thanks! I read up a little and it seems to be a combination of moisture on the web and the translucence of the web itself

primefactor123 said:
Luvvit!

Thanks!

Soocom1 said:
The threads are translucent and have the same effect any other prism would.
There are multiple papers on it.

Gods handywork IMO. Gorgeous work on the spider and photographer

Very nice thanks soocom