Comment from ramonafrances
I have the same challenges you have with spider webs. Maybe controlled lighting. In my country, U.S. photography stores offer one day workshops "just on lighting " where you stage an area by bringing special portable lights to focus on a subject to get the most desirable shots.
This one is not bad; I can see it plainly.

 Comment Written 16-Jul-2011

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reply by the author on 16-Jul-2011

Thanks very much for your review, I will check out what courses are available here now I have a better camera.

Comment from Prakram
Lovely, artistic and a brilliant capture. I love the fact that its greyscale and the intricacy of the webs is so clear. There is slight overexposure in the sides but this might be due to contrast variations while editing. The angle is very interesting. Sometimes we have to let go of certain technical aspects to capture something like this. Maybe a little cropping may help. A zoom lens helps a lot, but there is no info on the equipment used, which always helps. Another little suggestion is to always view the image at 100% while editing because then you can see the way it has grained on increasing normal settings like contrast, midtone and saturation. However, maybe you planned the background to be grained. Its a very nice shot nonetheless and I loved it.
Initial impact:5
Creativity of presentation:5
Color Harmony:5
Center of Interest:5
Technical Excellence:3.5
Technique:5
Story Telling Ability:5
Lighting:3.5

 Comment Written 16-Jul-2011

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reply by the author on 16-Jul-2011

Thanks so much for your detailed review, this was taken pre SLR days with Panasonic Lumix on macro setting - no other details are available. I appreciate you suggestions.

Comment from picklepea09
Initial impact, 5
Creativity of presentation, 5
Colors, 5 (great in b/w)
Center of interest, 5
Harmony, 5
Technique, 5
Very nice, Thanks so much for sharing.

 Comment Written 16-Jul-2011

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reply by the author on 16-Jul-2011

Thanks so much for your review.

Comment from jesuel
what an amazing photo i really like how you have used black and white it really creates some great contrast and depth fine work here

 Comment Written 16-Jul-2011

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reply by the author on 16-Jul-2011

Thanks so much for your review, much appreciated.

Comment from lee spencer
well,u did an excellent job
this is very tack sharp
nice contrast with black and some of your framing
the web ,itself is very clear and precise
thanks

 Comment Written 14-Jul-2011

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reply by the author on 15-Jul-2011

Thanks so much for your positive review

Comment from Kikaspics
This is a very goos B/W photograph, all the boxes ticked. I love the different tones and textures. The light is good and the detail spot on. Thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 14-Jul-2011

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reply by the author on 14-Jul-2011

Thanks so much for your review.

Comment from DJack
Nice work. Beautiful light and tones. Good composition and interesting subject. Well done. Thanks for sharing!

 Comment Written 14-Jul-2011

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reply by the author on 14-Jul-2011

Thanks so much for your review.

Comment from Shakeadog
good composition to this
b&w really work well for webs
lighting ery good
focus sharp
contrast very good also
well framed
good angle used also
good work

 Comment Written 14-Jul-2011

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reply by the author on 14-Jul-2011

Thanks so much for the great review.

Comment from Ladybird2011
Very nice. I like your camera angle, shows really nice in black & white. The white on the right side is distracting - cropping it might help. I agree with you - it is a very interesting shape. Thanks for sharing it.

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 Comment Written 14-Jul-2011

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reply by the author on 14-Jul-2011

Thanks for your review, following your suggestion I have cropped to try and remove some of the white.

Comment from amfunny
A great black and white photograph. The details show nicely in the spider web. Well composed and focused. Great job.

 Comment Written 13-Jul-2011

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reply by the author on 14-Jul-2011

Thanks so much for your review.