Florida Spiders (Warning: not suitable for Arachnophobes!)

[Jesper]

Thought I would add a liitle color on a dreary cold rainy day here in Florida. Just buried my "Sister" (actually my cousin) who was a Catholic nun of 85yrs so needed a little change of pace.

Approx 4" "toe to toe"
   

Approx. 2" "toe to toe"
   

Aprox. 2.5" "toe to toe"
   

[Jesper]

Forgot one!

Approx. 1.5" toe to toe
   

[GirishH]

Condolences, Jesper. Are these real colors? If so, they must be real poisonous..

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Not exactly spider but this butterfly definitely will more color, Jesper..

https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/mistergordoindia/day-5-sagara-to-sirsi/

[Jesper]

(01-11-2024, 01:03 PM)GirishH Wrote:  Condolences, Jesper. Are these real colors? If so, they must be real poisonous..

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Not exactly spider but this butterfly definitely will more color, Jesper..

https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/mistergordoindia/day-5-sagara-to-sirsi/

Thank you for your kind words!

Thanks for the link; it got me reading more of your travels!

You are correct! And good catch at a doctored photo. Interesting, but most of Florida's poisonous spiders are not that colorful as a natural warning system (black and brown widows, brown recluse).
I have done professional photography when film was the thing, but as yet I have not purchased a quality digital camera and I have been experimenting with the cheap phone camera which is just about the worse thing to use when trying to compose a decent quality photo (lack of focus and depth of field control, over flash discoloration,etc.). Unfortunately, the best focus comes when using a flash which kills the natural colors so why not just embellish the real thing. If I posted the real photo it would not even come close to the natural color you would see in sunlight. 2 spiders were fairly dull with brown and black coloring, and the "big one" with the "hairy" leg joints is yellow/gold/brown; still quite striking in its own right, and its web was massive at about 6 feet in diameter. None have any reds, greens, or blues. That color is added by continuosly editing the photo, and editing the previous edited copy usually 2 to 3 times or more; it is time consuming and can be done more easily as a single edit using quality software. Generally, I do not edit a photo except to crop, sharpen if poor focus, and add a little color saturation/reduce whites to counter the ill effects of the flash.
The last one is the mosst realistic with the exception if color saturation. The 2 most colorful images took a fair amount of time since they were done with just the phone's basic program and not on any real photo software which would allow me to do a much better job, as well as hiding some obvious signs of image manipulation.
I've done some bike parts in a similar manner but more à la Andy Warhol style.

[Jesper]

@GirishH
Here us one original photo to give you an idea how far I modified it.